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.

DNA test information

Bowshell 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
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

The last name Bowshell is more frequently found in Australia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bowshell? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,730,171st most common family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. Bowshell occurs mostly in Oceania, where 54 percent of Bowshell live; 54 percent live in Australasia and 54 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

It is most widely held in Australia, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 1,799,713. In Australia it is most prevalent in: Victoria, where 73 percent live and Queensland, where 27 percent live. Not including Australia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 43 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

Bowshell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bowshell has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name declined 25 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 87 percent between 1880 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
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
  • 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 Bowshell
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