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 most in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fowl? popularity and diffusion

Fowl is the 1,198,640th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 36,992,619 people. The surname Fowl is predominantly found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Fowl are found; 53 percent are found in North America and 53 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 99 people, or 1 in 3,661,201. In The United States Fowl is primarily found in: Maryland, where 32 percent are found, Arizona, where 19 percent are found and Ohio, where 6 percent are found. Beside The United States Fowl exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent are found and South Africa, where 11 percent are found.

Fowl Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Fowl has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Fowl surname expanded 146 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 116 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Fowl Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Fowl surname is principally Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Fowl last name are 38.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 85.71% being registered to vote for the political 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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