Bownie Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liberia

Bownie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bownie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Bownie (20) may also be a first name.

Bownie Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bownie Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bownie is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bownie? popularity and diffusion

Bownie is the 8,968,613th most frequently held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Bownie are found; 75 percent are found in North America and 75 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Bownie is also the 2,446,817th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 20 people.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 33 percent reside, Indiana, where 33 percent reside and Iowa, where 33 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Liberia, where 25 percent reside.

Bownie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bownie has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bownie last name contracted 77 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bowne911,667/
Bowni9111/
Bowney83108/
Bownis831/
Bewnie831/
Bownee831/
Bowned831/
Bhowne831/
Bownep830/
Bowinne775/
Bouwnes773/
Bawnier770/
Bownett770/
Bawne73836/
Bawni7311/
Bovni735/
Bewne732/
Buwne732/
Bownh731/
Bowné731/
Bowenneh711/
Boubne6726/
Bovnei6719/
Bhawni6711/
Bhovne674/
Bovnyi674/
Baawne674/
Boubni671/
Bhawne671/
Baswni671/
Bawnji671/
Bowneyjee671/
Bouwna671/
Bobney671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bownie
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