Mowray Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Mowray Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mowray Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Mowray Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mowray Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mowray occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mowray? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,532,898th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Mowray is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Mowray live; 100 percent live in North America and 95 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 20,136,607. In The United States it is most frequent in: Nevada, where 78 percent live, Maryland, where 11 percent live and California, where 6 percent live. Outside of The United States Mowray exists in one country. It is also common in Mexico, where 5 percent live.

Mowray Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Mowray has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 10 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Mowray Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Mowray last name are 33.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 80% registered to vote for the political party.

Mowray earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 32.68% less than the national average, earning $29,047 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mowry917,422/
Mowra911/
Mowrey833,435/
Mobray83138/
Mowrah835/
Mowroy833/
Mowraj831/
Mowras830/
Mowwry830/
Moubray77476/
Maswray773/
Mouvray772/
Mowriya771/
Movraya771/
Moobray770/
Moovray770/
Mowri73825/
Mobry7358/
Mawry7339/
Mobra7327/
Mowre7316/
Mawra7313/
Movra736/
Muwry731/
Mewra731/
Movry730/
Mabray67562/
Mawrat67397/
Moubry6774/
Mawrey6747/
Mobrey6716/
Mobrea673/
Mowroe673/
Mavray672/
Mawrah672/
Moubra672/
Mewrah672/
Meewra671/
Mauwry671/
Moowre671/
Movrey671/
Mowreu671/
Mawraj671/
Mubray671/
Mowrie670/
Mowres670/

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mowray
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