Fowl Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Andorra

Fowl Surname Definition:

Fowl: is either the sign of a poulterer, or a contraction of Fowler, or stands for the Welsh foel (bald).

Fowl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States991:3,661,201203,401
England501:1,114,36153,243
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Andorra11:83,8382,381
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England431:566,86929,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States681:738,51047,095

Fowl Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Fowl: is either the sign of a poulterer, or a contraction of Fowler, or stands for the Welsh foel (bald).

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Fowl Last Name Facts

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

Fowl (Arabic: فاول) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fowl? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fowl is the 1,198,640th most common surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 36,992,619 people. Fowl occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 54 percent of Fowl reside; 53 percent reside in North America and 53 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Fowl is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 99 people, or 1 in 3,661,201. In The United States Fowl is mostly concentrated in: Maryland, where 32 percent are found, Arizona, where 19 percent are found and Ohio, where 6 percent are found. Barring The United States it is found in 21 countries. It is also found in England, where 25 percent are found and South Africa, where 11 percent are found.

Fowl Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Fowl has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fowl last name expanded 146 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 116 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Fowl Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Fowl surname are 38.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 85.71% being registered with the party.

The amount Fowl earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 54.24% less than the national average, earning R 108,744 per year and in United States they earn 14.46% less than the national average, earning $36,908 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fowle892,754/
Fowel8945/
Fowhl890/
Fowll890/
Fowell801,599/
Fowlet802/
Fowlle800/
Fawl75312/
Fobl7528/
Fuwl751/
Fewl751/
Fowlett731/
Foiwell731/
Foywell730/
Fobil67350/
Fewel67247/
Fobel67193/
Fawle6752/
Fawil673/
Fuwel671/

Fowl Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fowl in the Arabic language
فاولfawl-

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