| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 1 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 9 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 2 |
| Derbyshire | 1 |
| Devon | 1 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 32 |
| Essex | 9 |
| Gloucestershire | 5 |
| Hampshire | 1 |
| Herefordshire | 5 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 0 |
| Lancashire | 19 |
| Leicestershire | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 0 |
| London | 12 |
| Middlesex | 0 |
| Northumberland | 0 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 1 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 16 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 0 |
| Surrey | 2 |
| Sussex | 0 |
| Staffordshire | 20 |
| Warwickshire | 15 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 1 |
| Yorkshire | 6 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 2 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 17 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 1 |
| Glamorgan | 38 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 11 |
| Pembrokeshire | 15 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 31 |
| General Labourer | 5 |
| General Servant Domestic | 4 |
| Domestic Servant | 4 |
| General Servant | 3 |
| General Weaver | 3 |
| Tailor | 3 |
| At School | 3 |
| Coal Miner | 3 |
| Farmer | 3 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 3 |
| Potter | 3 |
| Living On Own Means | 2 |
| General Domestic Servant | 2 |
| Butcher | 2 |
| Mariner | 2 |
| Shipwright | 2 |
| Steamboat Hand | 2 |
| Steamboat Man | 2 |
| Servant | 2 |
| Working At Iron Works | 2 |
| Mason | 2 |
| Baker Confectioner | 2 |
| Carpenter | 1 |
| Char Woman | 1 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Bowan | 58 |
| John Bowan | 57 |
| Thomas Bowan | 43 |
| William Bowan | 41 |
| Elizabeth Bowan | 30 |
| James Bowan | 24 |
| Margaret Bowan | 24 |
| Sarah Bowan | 23 |
| Henry Bowan | 17 |
| Jane Bowan | 15 |
| George Bowan | 14 |
| Annie Bowan | 12 |
| David Bowan | 12 |
| Robert Bowan | 12 |
| Ann Bowan | 11 |
| Edward Bowan | 10 |
| Eliza Bowan | 9 |
| Ellen Bowan | 9 |
| Martha Bowan | 9 |
| Richard Bowan | 9 |
| Charles Bowan | 7 |
| Hannah Bowan | 7 |
| Joseph Bowan | 7 |
| Alice Bowan | 6 |
| Emily Bowan | 6 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowen | 80% | 80,776 |
| 2 | Bown | 80% | 14,616 |
| 3 | Bawn | 60% | 2,827 |
| 4 | Boughen | 43% | 1,171 |
| 5 | Bowne | 60% | 1,117 |
| 6 | Bowan | 100% | 733 |
| 7 | Bowin | 80% | 531 |
| 8 | Bawen | 60% | 495 |
| 9 | Bewan | 80% | 295 |
| 10 | Bewen | 60% | 272 |
| 11 | Bowine | 67% | 259 |
| 12 | Beown | 60% | 169 |
| 13 | Boughan | 57% | 114 |
| 14 | Bowon | 80% | 114 |
| 15 | Bwan | 80% | 103 |
| 16 | Bewin | 60% | 100 |
The surname Bowan is the 6th most popular variant of Bowen.