Mowes Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Mowes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 87 | 1:27,694 | 4,331 |
| Brazil | 16 | 1:13,379,646 | 256,605 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Möwes (361) are calculated separately.
Mowes (11) may also be a first name.
Mowes Demographics
Average Mowes Salary in
United States
$84,562 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mowes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mowes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mowes is carried by more people in Namibia than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Möwes. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mowes? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mowes is the 1,612,213th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. The last name Mowes occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Mowes reside; 74 percent reside in Southern Africa and 74 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 11 people.
The surname Mowes is most commonly held in Namibia, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 27,694. In Namibia Mowes is mostly found in: Khomas Region, where 57 percent live, Hardap Region, where 32 percent live and Erongo Region, where 5 percent live. Apart from Namibia this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.
Mowes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Mowes has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Mowes surname increased 180 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mowes Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Mowes earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 54.59% less than the national average, earning R 107,904 per year and in United States they earn 95.98% more than the national average, earning $84,562 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
- 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 Mowes
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