Böwe Surname

821,713th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 338 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Böwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Böwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3371:238,88926,233
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Bowe (17,435) & Bowé (6) are calculated separately.

Böwe Last Name Facts

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

Böwe is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Bowe or Bowé. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Böwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Böwe is the 821,713th most prevalent last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 21,560,787 people. The last name Böwe is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Böwe are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Böwe is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 337 people, or 1 in 238,889. In Germany Böwe is primarily found in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 27 percent live, Berlin, where 26 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 15 percent live. Outside of Germany Böwe exists in one country. It is also found in Austria, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bowe9217,435/
Böwes8915/
Bowé836/
Böwwer801/
Bawe753,744/
Bewe75595/
Böve7517/
Béwe757/
Bowie6725,587/
Bowey671,528/
Bowei67648/
Boweh67400/
Bewee67312/
Bawey67271/
Bawej67258/
Beweh67254/
Boewe67202/
Bewei67123/
Bhawe67108/
Bawie67103/
Bawei6786/
Baweh6777/
Bewey6768/
Bowea6760/
Bewie6752/
Bowee6751/
Beïwe6727/
Bawea6723/
Beuwe6720/
Bewea6720/
Bowej6719/
Bahwe679/
Behwe678/
Bawee676/
Bowhe676/
Baawe675/
Buiwe674/
Bewhe674/
Bawue672/
Beewe671/
Boweï671/
Beweë671/
Bawhe671/
Bäwer671/
Boweu671/
Bowue671/
B'Ewe671/
Baewe671/
Bhewe671/

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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 Böwe
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