Flower Surname

14,057th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39,641 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Flower Surname Definition:

i) Occup. 'the flower,' an archer, one who shot a flo, or arrow. The latter was a later word.

'Hisbowe he bent, and set therein a flo.' Chaucer, Manciple's Tale.

John le Floer, Devon, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

William Floere, Devon, ibid.

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Flower 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
Egypt12,2031:7,534918
United States5,1951:69,7718,105
Myanmar4,9571:10,478295
England4,8971:11,3781,682
Saudi Arabia2,7431:11,2491,553
Australia2,1331:12,6561,839
Morocco1,9431:17,7442,710
Bangladesh7211:221,0227,250
India6141:1,249,29249,620
Canada5821:63,3097,402
Ghana4161:64,9546,785
Wales3871:7,996890
New Zealand3681:12,3052,142
Oman3421:10,7841,374
France1871:355,20253,191
Hong Kong1691:43,405774
Bahrain1471:9,1741,687
United Arab Emirates1041:88,0997,940
Scotland981:54,6314,602
South Africa901:601,97445,802
Singapore861:64,0432,603
Northern Ireland801:23,0632,647
Iraq791:443,3127,666
China751:18,230,9541,039
Netherlands571:296,26635,624
Nigeria541:3,280,42199,135
Germany471:1,712,88299,068
Thailand441:1,605,417210,847
Liberia431:102,5248,134
Italy401:1,528,91781,534
Mongolia391:72,4435,369
Ireland371:127,2696,194
Peru371:859,03017,841
Libya361:173,444826
Pakistan351:5,104,11132,876
Uganda311:1,259,33249,678
Vietnam281:3,308,7882,300
Mexico271:4,597,26727,985
Indonesia251:5,289,968246,176
Denmark221:256,57819,736
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Brazil211:10,194,016213,214
Gibraltar191:1,787420
Philippines191:5,328,328173,877
Suriname191:29,0855,642
Cyprus161:55,3055,325
Jordan161:552,65213,471
Malaysia151:1,966,28278,777
Syria141:1,378,6447,647
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Lebanon111:512,46212,816
Barbados91:31,9391,516
Colombia91:5,308,23018,838
Iran91:8,531,392160,212
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
Vanuatu91:29,253714
Romania81:2,509,73455,065
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Tunisia81:76,32812,820
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Poland71:5,429,821146,768
Honduras61:1,469,4075,474
Hungary61:1,636,04661,223
Nepal61:4,746,82612,065
Algeria51:7,726,31057,379
Bolivia51:2,123,2876,830
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
El Salvador41:1,585,9724,802
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
Zimbabwe41:3,859,560114,807
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Cambodia31:5,162,38210,688
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Maldives31:134,7244,057
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland781:56,7934,570
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,7811:8,7651,325
Wales1221:12,856768
Scotland171:220,1897,953
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9701:51,7725,857

Flower (7,879) may also be a first name.

Flower Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

i) Occup. 'the flower,' an archer, one who shot a flo, or arrow. The latter was a later word.

'Hisbowe he bent, and set therein a flo.' Chaucer, Manciple's Tale.

John le Floer, Devon, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

William Floere, Devon, ibid.

Nicholas le Flouer. Placitorum in domo capitulari Westmonasteriensi.

Reginald le Flower. Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem.

(ii) Bapt. 'the son of Flower,' a natural personal name; compare Rose. The following instance is strongly corroborative:

William Floureson, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Johanna Floure, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Matilda Flowre, 1379: ibid.

1567. Baptised — Elizabeth, d. Edwarde Flower: St. Mary Aldermary.

1573. Thomas Flowre and Jane Hardinge: Marriage Lic. (London).

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) Arrow-Maker [Middle English floer, flouer; Middle English flo, arrow + the agent, suff.

-er; Old English flá, arrow] John le Floer.—Hundred Rolls His bowee he bente and sette ther-inne a flo.— Chaucer, Manciple’s Tale, I. 264.

(Anglo-French-Latin) Flower [Middle Englishflour(e, O.F. flour (French fleur), Latin flos, ftoris, a flower]

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who made arrows; descendant of Flower or Flour (flower).

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The London Directory exhibits more than a quarter of a hundred of traders bearing this beautiful surname, which probably had its origin in some peculiar manly beauty or excellence, such as that implied in the phrases ' Flower of Chivalry,' Flower of the Family, &c. Le Floer. H.R.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Or de Flore, otherwise de Janville, seated in Rutland 14th cent., and previously at Flore, Northants. The estate of William Tilli and Robert de Leicester (i.e. Flore) was restored to them in 1222 (Roberts, Excerpta). Flore of North ants bore fleur-de-lys, as did De Leicester. The families are therefore armorially identified. See Leicester. The Viscounts Ashbrook are of this family.

— The Norman People (1874)

Flower was the name of a gentle family at Nunney early last century (C.).

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Flower was the name of the mayor of Salisbury in 1701 (E.), and the name is still represented in that city. Between 1604 and 1787 not less than fourteen of the mayors of Devizes were thus called (B.). Three hundred years ago there were Flowers in Rowde and Steeple - Ashton (A.), and the name still occurs in Rowde.

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy
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Sample size: 1,132 (2014)

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Flower Last Name Facts

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

The last name Flower (Arabic: فلاور, Hindi: फ्लोवर) has its highest incidence in Egypt. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Flower click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Flower? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 14,057th most widespread family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 183,839 people. The surname Flower occurs mostly in Africa, where 37 percent of Flower are found; 36 percent are found in North Africa and 31 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Flower is also the 71,814th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 7,879 people.

The surname is most numerous in Egypt, where it is borne by 12,203 people, or 1 in 7,534. Other than Egypt this surname is found in 136 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent reside and Myanmar, where 13 percent reside.

Flower Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Flower has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Flower last name expanded 536 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 176 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 317 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 576 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 53 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Flower Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Flower surname is principally Anglican (79%) in Ireland.

In The United States Flower are 13.12% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.89% being registered with the political party.

The amount Flower earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 23.06% more than the national average, earning 425,894 kr per year; in Peru they earn 25.13% more than the national average, earning S/. 24,257 per year; in South Africa they earn 9.9% more than the national average, earning R 261,168 per year; in United States they earn 1.36% more than the national average, earning $43,734 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.21% more than the national average, earning $50,284 CAD per year.

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
Flowerz9213/
Flowerd925/
Flowere923/
Flouwer921/
Floower921/
Floer91722/
Ffloweer861/
Flowertt861/
Fellower860/
Flowerre860/
Flawer83373/
Floyer8360/
Flover8359/
Floehr8359/
Flouer8333/
Flober8323/
Flowre832/
Flewer830/
Fillhower800/
Flouver773/
Floiber773/
Flovert771/
Flyover771/
Flahwer771/
Flouere770/
Fleur738,351/
Fleer734,183/
Flier731,784/
Flear73809/
Flour73793/
Flyer73423/
Fluer73114/
Flaer7392/
Fleyr733/
Floir731/
Floyr731/
Fleir731/
Fellover711/
Floivere710/
Fleure67924/
Fleire67852/
Floure67113/
Fliehr67103/
Flayer6787/
Fillhouer6757/
Fleyer6742/
Flauer6735/
Fluier6733/
Flouhr6725/
Pflier6725/
Fleurt6724/
Flaier6717/
Fleyre6717/
Fliear6716/
Flaver6716/
Fléger6713/
Flaber6712/
Fleier678/
Fleear678/
Flíger677/
Floire675/
Flijer674/
Flever673/
Fleehr672/
Flajer672/
Flayor671/
Fleuhr671/
Fleyar671/
Floyrd671/
Fluber671/
Fleurd671/
Fluyer671/
Flajor671/
Fleart670/
Fleihr670/
Fleuer670/
Flhuer670/
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Flower Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Flower in the Hindi language
फ्लोवरphlovara-
Flower in the Arabic language
فلاورflawr-

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