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 last name Mower is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mower? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 76,554th most frequently held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 1,138,679 people. This last name 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. It is also the 1,951,561st most frequently occurring given name world-wide, held by 29 people.
The surname Mower is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 4,439 people, or 1 in 81,653. In The United States it is most frequent in: Utah, where 23 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and New York, where 8 percent reside. Beside The United States Mower occurs in 36 countries. It is also found in England, where 21 percent reside and Australia, where 4 percent reside.
Mower Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Mower has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mower last name grew 324 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 186 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 189 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mower Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Anglican (60%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Mower last name are 15.43% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.2% being registered with 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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