Bowyen Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Bowyen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
Bowyen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bowyen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bowyen occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bowyen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Bowyen are found; 56 percent are found in West Africa and 56 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
The last name Bowyen is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 881,707. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Montserrado County, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Liberia this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Australia, where 44 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowgen | 83 | 195 | / |
| Bowien | 83 | 122 | / |
| Bowein | 83 | 68 | / |
| Boween | 83 | 11 | / |
| Bowean | 83 | 5 | / |
| Bowyin | 83 | 2 | / |
| Bowjen | 83 | 1 | / |
| Boswein | 77 | 21 | / |
| Bowayan | 77 | 14 | / |
| Bouwein | 77 | 2 | / |
| Boobyen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Boybien | 77 | 1 | / |
| Woweyen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bouwean | 77 | 1 | / |
| Boweain | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bhowjen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Boweing | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bouwien | 77 | 1 | / |
| Boweine | 77 | 0 | / |
| Bouwhuysen | 75 | 3 | / |
| Bhowayan | 71 | 24 | / |
| Bouweyem | 71 | 12 | / |
| Bouweine | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bovien | 67 | 104 | / |
| Bobien | 67 | 76 | / |
| Bowhousen | 67 | 10 | / |
| Bobean | 67 | 8 | / |
| Bawean | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bowjin | 67 | 4 | / |
| Boveun | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bawien | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bowoun | 67 | 2 | / |
| Boveen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bobein | 67 | 1 | / |
| Babyen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bowain | 67 | 0 | / |
| Bowoin | 67 | 0 | / |
| Bowhuisen | 67 | 0 | / |
| Bovean | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Bowyen
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