Bowster Surname

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

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Bowster Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bowster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:27,859,030389,889
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Bowster Last Name Facts

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

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

How Common Is The Last Name Bowster? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most prevalent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Bowster reside; 75 percent reside in Northern Europe and 75 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name Bowster is most commonly occurring in England, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 27,859,030. In England Bowster is primarily concentrated in: Greater London, where 50 percent are found and South Yorkshire, where 50 percent are found. Not including England it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 25 percent are found.

Bowster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bowster has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname contracted 33 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Boewster932/
Bobster8629/
Bewster866/
Buwster860/
Bowstead80252/
Baewster801/
Bewsther801/
Wobster713/
Bafster711/
Bavster710/
Babster710/
Woofster671/
Bobsti6275/
Babste621/
Baphste572/

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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 Bowster
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