Scowden Surname

546,987th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 585 people bear this surname

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

Scowden Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scowden Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5831:621,71350,239
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States681:738,51047,095

Scowden Last Name Facts

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

The last name Scowden is found most in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Scowden? popularity and diffusion

Scowden is the 546,987th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 12,457,343 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Scowden reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 583 people, or 1 in 621,713. In The United States it is most frequent in: Ohio, where 23 percent reside, Missouri, where 21 percent reside and Indiana, where 13 percent reside. Besides The United States it exists in one country. It is also found in Switzerland, where 0 percent reside.

Scowden Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Scowden has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Scowden last name increased 857 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Scowden Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Scowden last name are 13.68% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.45% being registered with the party.

Scowden earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.13% less than the national average, earning $43,094 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sowden925,496/
Cowdden863/
Souwden860/
Skowden860/
Cowdn831/
Sawden77303/
Sowdin771/
Covden770/
Sawdeen711/
Coffden710/
Sawdn671/
Cavden624/
Savden621/
Sawdin620/
Safdien579/
Safdeen571/
Soufdin571/
Ziawdeen531/

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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 Scowden
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