Howen Surname
Approximately 847 people bear this surname
Howen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 534 | 1:678,762 | 54,009 |
| England | 171 | 1:325,837 | 24,140 |
| Papua New Guinea | 88 | 1:92,656 | 12,367 |
| Wales | 12 | 1:257,878 | 14,969 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 30 | 1:812,512 | 35,970 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 38 | 1:1,321,544 | 72,820 |
Howen (99) may also be a first name.
Howen Demographics
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Howen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Howen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Howen is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Howen.
How Common Is The Last Name Howen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Howen is the 411,827th most commonly held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 8,603,950 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Howen live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America. Howen is also the 951,070th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 99 people.
This surname is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 534 people, or 1 in 678,762. In The United States it is primarily found in: Illinois, where 25 percent are found, Wisconsin, where 19 percent are found and California, where 15 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname exists in 18 countries. It is also found in England, where 20 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent are found.
Howen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Howen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Howen surname increased 1,405 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 570 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Howen Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Howen last name are 28.03% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 74.8% being registered with the political party.
Howen earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.56% less than the national average, earning $39,026 USD 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
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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
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