Where Does The Last Name Gowes Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Gowes (Marathi: गोवेस) occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Gowes click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gowes? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Gowes is the 5,057,639^th most widely held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 47 percent of Gowes are found; 47 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 47 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

The last name Gowes is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Western, where 100 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 33 percent reside and England, where 7 percent reside.

Gowes Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Gowes has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Gowes surname contracted 96 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.