Gowey Surname
Approximately 301 people bear this surname
Gowey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 287 | 1:1,262,923 | 89,039 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 81 | 1:619,984 | 41,330 |
Gowey (12) may also be a first name.
Gowey Demographics
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Gowey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gowey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gowey is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gowey.
How Common Is The Last Name Gowey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 891,661st most commonly occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 24,211,116 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Gowey reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 96 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491st most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 12 people.
Gowey is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 287 people, or 1 in 1,262,923. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 18 percent reside, Wisconsin, where 17 percent reside and Arizona, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States Gowey is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 3 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside.
Gowey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gowey has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 354 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gowey Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gowey last name are 7.67% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.44% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Gowey earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 0.37% less than the national average, earning $42,989 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.56% more than the national average, earning $55,428 CAD per year.
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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 Gowey
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