Bowshall Surname

2,333,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 67 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Bowshall Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bowshall Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia591:457,55435,515
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371

Bowshall Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bowshall occurs most in Australia. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Bowshall.

How Common Is The Last Name Bowshall? popularity and diffusion

Bowshall is the 2,333,370th most frequent family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. The surname Bowshall occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 88 percent of Bowshall live; 88 percent live in Australasia and 88 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most frequently held in Australia, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 457,554. In Australia it is primarily concentrated in: South Australia, where 66 percent are found, Victoria, where 31 percent are found and New South Wales, where 3 percent are found. Other than Australia Bowshall is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 9 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Bowshall Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bowshall has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Bowshall surname contracted 25 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bowsall930/
Bowchal801/
Wobshall7514/
Wabshall7514/
Wobschall71434/
Wabschall7146/
Bawsal711/
Bobsal711/
Boubsal675/
Wobschal6325/
Boubssal634/
Wobsholl630/
Bobsol577/
Babsal572/
Bavsal571/
Babsail531,152/
Wobszal5374/
Wabszal531/
Wafsial531/
Babssail501/
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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 Bowshall
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