Mower Surname
Approximately 6,400 people bear this surname
Mower Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the mower.' one who cuts grass, commonly found in the North of England as Mawer, which see.
Roger le Mower, Pardons Roll, 6 Ric.
Thomas Mower, Close Rolls, 31 Henry VI.
1551.
Read More About This SurnameMower Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,439 | 1:81,653 | 9,286 |
| England | 1,323 | 1:42,115 | 5,386 |
| Australia | 285 | 1:94,722 | 10,787 |
| South Africa | 139 | 1:389,768 | 34,651 |
| New Zealand | 68 | 1:66,593 | 10,133 |
| Canada | 43 | 1:856,874 | 66,382 |
| Philippines | 24 | 1:4,218,259 | 160,165 |
| Scotland | 18 | 1:297,434 | 13,849 |
| Wales | 17 | 1:182,031 | 12,022 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 710 | 1:34,332 | 4,499 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:174,268 | 6,522 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,371 | 1:36,629 | 4,342 |
Mower (29) may also be a first name.
Mower Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the mower.' one who cuts grass, commonly found in the North of England as Mawer, which see.
Roger le Mower, Pardons Roll, 6 Ric.
Thomas Mower, Close Rolls, 31 Henry VI.
1551. Buried — Cristabell Mowre: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1659. Married — Daniell Mower and Sarah Powle: St. Dionis Backchurch.
The occupation. An Anglo-Saxon, soon after the Norman Conquest, acquired this name (Leofric the Mower) from his having overcome twenty men with a scythe. Wright's Essays.
Mower Demographics
Average Male Mower Height
178.84 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Mower Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mower Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mower is found most in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mower.
How Common Is The Last Name Mower? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 76,554th most commonly used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,138,679 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Mower reside; 65 percent reside in North America and 65 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Mower is also the 1,951,561st most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 29 people.
Mower is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 4,439 people, or 1 in 81,653. In The United States it is most numerous in: Utah, where 23 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and New York, where 8 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name exists in 36 countries. It also occurs in England, where 21 percent reside and Australia, where 4 percent reside.
Mower Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Mower has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Mower surname expanded 324 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 186 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 189 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mower Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Mower surname is chiefly Anglican (60%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Mower surname are 15.43% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.2% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Mower earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 48.67% more than the national average, earning R 353,304 per year; in United States they earn 1.51% more than the national average, earning $43,799 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.51% more than the national average, earning $50,932 CAD per year.
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