Owen Surname
Approximately 203,153 people bear this surname
Owen Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Owen.' Owens is the genitive form; compare Jones, Jennings, Williams, Simmonds, &c.
Hoel fil. Oeni, Pipe Roll, 7 Henry II.
Oenus de Porchint, ibid.
Nicholas fil.
Read More About This SurnameOwen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 85,357 | 1:4,246 | 474 |
| England | 49,409 | 1:1,128 | 113 |
| Wales | 21,590 | 1:143 | 15 |
| Australia | 14,197 | 1:1,902 | 241 |
| Canada | 6,215 | 1:5,928 | 858 |
| Libya | 3,832 | 1:1,629 | 473 |
| Nigeria | 3,805 | 1:46,555 | 3,619 |
| Ghana | 2,909 | 1:9,289 | 1,249 |
| New Zealand | 2,302 | 1:1,967 | 263 |
| South Africa | 2,173 | 1:24,932 | 3,175 |
| Scotland | 1,382 | 1:3,874 | 683 |
| Papua New Guinea | 804 | 1:10,141 | 854 |
| Malawi | 732 | 1:23,387 | 3,582 |
| Tanzania | 716 | 1:73,941 | 7,700 |
| Kenya | 703 | 1:65,690 | 6,310 |
| Saudi Arabia | 557 | 1:55,396 | 7,891 |
| Egypt | 549 | 1:167,460 | 12,562 |
| Jamaica | 459 | 1:6,253 | 780 |
| Thailand | 432 | 1:163,515 | 26,170 |
| China | 320 | 1:4,272,880 | 431 |
| France | 314 | 1:211,537 | 32,901 |
| Argentina | 310 | 1:137,882 | 11,676 |
| Ireland | 301 | 1:15,644 | 1,752 |
| Spain | 301 | 1:155,322 | 11,365 |
| Germany | 272 | 1:295,976 | 30,536 |
| Indonesia | 266 | 1:497,177 | 40,699 |
| Northern Ireland | 241 | 1:7,656 | 1,307 |
| Malaysia | 175 | 1:168,538 | 10,283 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 161 | 1:8,472 | 1,216 |
| Netherlands | 134 | 1:126,024 | 19,691 |
| Uganda | 109 | 1:358,159 | 23,337 |
| Bahrain | 103 | 1:13,093 | 2,472 |
| Honduras | 99 | 1:89,055 | 1,606 |
| Russia | 89 | 1:1,619,360 | 108,163 |
| Zimbabwe | 86 | 1:179,514 | 21,615 |
| Philippines | 79 | 1:1,281,496 | 97,319 |
| Switzerland | 78 | 1:105,294 | 11,128 |
| Guam | 62 | 1:2,583 | 336 |
| Liberia | 58 | 1:76,009 | 6,407 |
| Sweden | 58 | 1:169,772 | 11,770 |
| Brazil | 56 | 1:3,822,756 | 105,432 |
| Botswana | 55 | 1:39,762 | 7,636 |
| Mexico | 52 | 1:2,387,042 | 20,469 |
| India | 50 | 1:15,341,308 | 250,737 |
| Malta | 48 | 1:8,964 | 551 |
| Panama | 48 | 1:81,505 | 3,340 |
| Solomon Islands | 48 | 1:12,084 | 2,184 |
| Isle of Man | 47 | 1:1,826 | 344 |
| Suriname | 45 | 1:12,280 | 3,102 |
| Cyprus | 43 | 1:20,579 | 2,325 |
| Norway | 43 | 1:119,588 | 15,719 |
| Greece | 40 | 1:276,995 | 41,298 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| Chile | 35 | 1:503,328 | 12,866 |
| Denmark | 33 | 1:171,052 | 14,584 |
| Venezuela | 33 | 1:915,275 | 14,245 |
| Hong Kong | 32 | 1:229,234 | 3,021 |
| Jersey | 32 | 1:3,100 | 566 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Belgium | 26 | 1:442,179 | 45,013 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Peru | 24 | 1:1,324,338 | 21,383 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Afghanistan | 22 | 1:1,461,508 | 12,026 |
| Taiwan | 21 | 1:1,116,416 | 7,706 |
| Cayman Islands | 19 | 1:3,363 | 451 |
| Costa Rica | 16 | 1:298,754 | 3,169 |
| Poland | 15 | 1:2,533,917 | 108,409 |
| Czechia | 14 | 1:759,534 | 67,321 |
| Italy | 14 | 1:4,368,335 | 106,343 |
| Japan | 14 | 1:9,131,735 | 44,780 |
| Iceland | 13 | 1:29,238 | 2,297 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| Barbados | 11 | 1:26,132 | 1,223 |
| Bermuda | 10 | 1:6,528 | 1,005 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Northern Cyprus | 10 | 1:31,901 | 6,529 |
| South Korea | 10 | 1:5,124,026 | 903 |
| Colombia | 9 | 1:5,308,230 | 18,838 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Tajikistan | 9 | 1:931,855 | 5,350 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Slovakia | 8 | 1:667,056 | 68,191 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 8 | 1:4,291 | 379 |
| Zambia | 8 | 1:1,981,240 | 32,669 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Puerto Rico | 7 | 1:507,163 | 3,435 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 7 | 1:15,768 | 2,111 |
| Vietnam | 7 | 1:13,235,151 | 2,948 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Namibia | 6 | 1:401,567 | 10,578 |
| Nauru | 6 | 1:1,980 | 298 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Saint Lucia | 6 | 1:29,797 | 1,820 |
| Anguilla | 5 | 1:2,687 | 256 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 5 | 1:1,171 | 114 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 1:3,976,462 | 28,589 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1:4,020,667 | 7,726 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Guyana | 3 | 1:254,074 | 11,262 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Oman | 3 | 1:1,229,324 | 8,987 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Macau | 2 | 1:300,815 | 1,009 |
| Montserrat | 2 | 1:2,474 | 299 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 1:56,330 | 1,327 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 204 | 1:21,715 | 2,469 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 19,243 | 1:1,267 | 151 |
| Wales | 16,173 | 1:97 | 16 |
| Scotland | 272 | 1:13,762 | 1,592 |
| Jersey | 9 | 1:5,765 | 1,004 |
| Isle of Man | 6 | 1:9,045 | 877 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19,330 | 1:2,598 | 282 |
The alternate forms: Owén (51) & Owën (1) are calculated separately.
Owen (185,937) may also be a first name.
Owen Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Owen.' Owens is the genitive form; compare Jones, Jennings, Williams, Simmonds, &c.
Hoel fil. Oeni, Pipe Roll, 7 Henry II.
Oenus de Porchint, ibid.
Nicholas fil. Oweyn, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Richard fil. Owen, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Matthew Owen, Wiltshire, 1316. Writs of Parliament.
1742. Married — Cornelius Owen and Elizabeth Rowell: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.
1747. — Rowland Owens and Sarah Narboys: ibid.
The Welsh and Irish Anglicized Owen, O.Wel. Owein = Irish Eoghan (Old Irish Eogan) = Gaelic Eóghann are prob. from Latin Eugenius, Greek Εύγενής = Well-Born [Greek εΰ-, noble + γενος, race, descent] Cormac’s Glossary gives this. origin for Eogan (one MS. Eogen); and Zimmer considers Owen to be borrowed from Latin Eugenius, as noted by MacBain, p. 400. The mediæval Latinization of Owen as Oenus led to a belief that the etymology was the Welsh and Breton oen, ‘a lamb.’ With much stronger reason it was at one time considered that the name represented Irish eoghunn = Gaelic ogan- [from Old Irish óc = Welsh og, young], ‘youth.’ Owein brenhin y Picteit (Owen, king of the Picts).— Brut y Tywysogion, A.D. 736. Maredud uab Owein (Meredith son of Owen) Brut y Tywysogion, A.D. 986. Owein uab Uryen.—‘Iarlles y ffynnawn ’ (Lady of the Fountain): Mabinogion.
‘Eóghan, diminutive Eóghainin= Owen, Eugene.’— T. Ua Concheanainn, Mion-Chomhrádh, p.126.
Cp. Ewan.
“Well-Born” in Welsh. Compare “Eugene” in French.
(Welsh) The son of Owen (wellborn).
A personal name in Wales. Most of our Owens are from that principality, hut it is possible that a few may be of Saxon blood, for there is an Owine in the Domesday of Yorkshire, and a still earlier Owine occurs in the Codex Diplomatieus. It is one of the most common of Welsh surnames. As I have elsewhere observed in this volume, the commonness of Welsh patronymics has tended to a great confusion of the ' gentle ' and the ' simple ' in Wales. There are thousands of Owens who bear that name simply because their grandfathers or perhaps their fathers bore it as a Christian name. In ancient families the patrynomic became a stationary family name about the times of Henry VIII. and Queen Elizabeth.
(Celtic.) The good offspring. Oen, Welsh, and Gaelic, uan, a lamb.
In some cases from De St. Ouen, or Audoen, from St. Ouen, near Caen, Normandy. Bernard de St. Audoen held in Kent 1086 (Domesd.). Gilbert St. A. 1103 witnessed a charter of Philip de Braiose (Mon. ii. 973). The name thenceforth occurs in all parts of England. The Claphams of Sussex were a branch of St. Ouen. The name is also borne by Cambro-Celtic families.
British personal name Alsofrom the Danish, Owen; from the French, Ouin; personal name Ouen is a tenant in the Domesday Book., temp. Ed. Con.
Owen Demographics
Owen Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Owen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owen (Arabic: اوين, Hindi: ओएन) occurs most in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms: Owén or Owën. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,750th most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 35,872 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 43 percent of Owen live; 42 percent live in North America and 42 percent live in Anglo-North America. Owen is also the 5,641st most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 185,937 people.
Owen is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 85,357 people, or 1 in 4,246. In The United States it is mostly found in: Texas, where 11 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and North Carolina, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name exists in 162 countries. It also occurs in England, where 24 percent are found and Wales, where 11 percent are found.
Owen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Owen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Owen last name increased 442 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 257 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 133 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 508 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 148 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Owen Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Anglican (59%) in Ireland, Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Owen last name are 17.85% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.62% being registered with the party.
The amount Owen earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 8.88% more than the national average, earning 376,816 kr per year; in Peru they earn 29.08% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,748 per year; in South Africa they earn 53.69% more than the national average, earning R 365,220 per year; in Colombia they earn 39.53% less than the national average, earning $13,728,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.65% more than the national average, earning $43,863 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.36% more than the national average, earning $53,340 CAD per year.
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Owen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Owen in the Hindi language | ||
| ओएन | o'ena | - |
| Owen in the Arabic language | ||
| اوين | awyn | - |
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