Howard-Bowles Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ireland
Highest density in:
Ireland

Howard-Bowles Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Howard & Bowles.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Howard-Bowles Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Howard-Bowles Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Howard-Bowles Come From? nationality or country of origin

Howard-Bowles is borne by more people in Ireland than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Howard-Bowles? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Howard-Bowles live; 75 percent live in Northern Europe and 75 percent live in British Isles.

It is most commonly occurring in Ireland, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 2,354,470. Beside Ireland this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Howard-Baylis777/
Hardy-Balls671/
Hardy-Ballas641/
Haridopolos5827/
Haritopouls501/
Haritopulos501/

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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 Howard-Bowles
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