Gowl Surname

1,666,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 119 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Gowl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gowl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1011:3,588,702200,455
Scotland121:446,15118,166
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States481:1,046,22361,047

Gowl Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gowl is most common in The United States. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gowl? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,666,404th most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Gowl reside; 85 percent reside in North America and 85 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Gowl is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 3,588,702. In The United States Gowl is most frequent in: Maryland, where 35 percent reside, Virginia, where 19 percent reside and North Carolina, where 11 percent reside. Besides The United States it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 10 percent reside and Argentina, where 1 percent reside.

Gowl Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Gowl has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 210 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gowl Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Gowl surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Gowl surname are 27.3% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 74.07% being registered with the political party.

Gowl earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.9% more than the national average, earning $44,832 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gowel8966/
Gowle8926/
Gowil8916/
Gowld896/
Gowell80622/
Ghowel80214/
Gowill806/
Goswil804/
Gowlet804/
Gowgil802/
Ghowil801/
Ghowle801/
Gobl7598/
Gawl755/
Govl754/
Gowlett73759/
Ngouwel731/
Goowill731/
Gowgill730/
Gobel6714,833/
Gawle67958/
Govle67631/
Gobil67125/
Guwel6735/
Göwel6723/
Gewel6713/
Gaewl679/
Goobl679/
Gawil675/
Gawlt674/
Govld672/
Goweł671/
Gossweld670/
Gosswell670/
Gewil670/
Goubl670/

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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
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  • 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 Gowl
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