Owensmith Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Owensmith Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owensmith Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England31:18,572,686338,250
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770

Owensmith Last Name Facts

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

The surname Owensmith is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Owensmith? popularity and diffusion

Owensmith is the 6,723,624th most frequently used family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Owensmith are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 50 percent live, California, where 25 percent live and Kansas, where 25 percent live. Without taking into account The United States Owensmith occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 38 percent live and France, where 13 percent live.

Owensmith Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Owensmith has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Owensmith last name fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 Owensmith
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