Bowshell Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Bowshell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bowshell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
England121:4,643,172139,951
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Bowshell Last Name Facts

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

Bowshell occurs in Australia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bowshell? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,730,171st most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 54 percent of Bowshell reside; 54 percent reside in Australasia and 54 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

Bowshell is most common in Australia, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 1,799,713. In Australia Bowshell is most common in: Victoria, where 73 percent reside and Queensland, where 27 percent reside. Excluding Australia it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 43 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Bowshell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bowshell has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Bowshell surname contracted 25 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bowschell940/
Bowsell9311/
Boswsell881/
Bowshill881/
Bawshell880/
Bowsel861/
Bawsell800/
Wobshell751/
Bawshill751/
Bawsel7133/
Bobsel711/
Bofchel671/
Bowsigli630/
Babsel571,046/
Boubsil5319/
Boufsil533/
Babseil531/

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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
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  • 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 Bowshell
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