Mowry Surname

67,080th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,422 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Montserrat

Mowry Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mowry Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,5331:55,4816,619
Bangladesh6311:252,5467,887
Canada1931:190,91018,807
New Zealand211:215,63421,249
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
India51:153,413,076951,030
England41:13,929,515290,718
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Montserrat11:4,947471
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,1721:23,1212,897

Mowry (54) may also be a first name.

Mowry Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mowry is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mowry? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 67,080th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 981,884 people. The surname Mowry is primarily found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Mowry live; 90 percent live in North America and 90 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,350,955th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 54 people.

The surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 6,533 people, or 1 in 55,481. In The United States Mowry is most prevalent in: Pennsylvania, where 12 percent are found, Ohio, where 9 percent are found and California, where 8 percent are found. Aside from The United States it exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 9 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.

Mowry Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Mowry has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Mowry last name grew 301 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Mowry Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Mowry surname are 15.06% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 61.83% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Mowry earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 0.4% more than the national average, earning $43,322 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.51% less than the national average, earning $46,449 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mowrey913,435/
Mowray9119/
Mowroy913/
Mowwry910/
Mowri80825/
Mobry8058/
Mawry8039/
Mowre8016/
Mowra801/
Muwry801/
Movry800/
Mobray73138/
Moubry7374/
Mawrey7347/
Mobrey7316/
Mowreu731/
Mowraj731/
Movrey731/
Moowre731/
Mauwry731/
Mowres730/
Mowrie730/
Moubray67476/
Moubrey6712/
Maswray673/
Mouvray672/
Mowreer671/
Movraya671/
Moobray670/
Moovray670/

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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 Mowry
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