Bowdan Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire	0
Buckinghamshire	0
Berkshire	0
Cambridgeshire	0
Channel Islands	0
Cheshire	0
Cornwall	0
Cumberland	0
Derbyshire	0
Devon	14
Dorset	0

Durham	0
Essex	0
Gloucestershire	0
Hampshire	0
Herefordshire	0
Hertfordshire	0
Huntingdonshire	0
Isle of Man	0
Kent	0
Lancashire	0
Leicestershire	0

Lincolnshire	0
London	0
Middlesex	0
Northumberland	0
Norfolk	0
Northamptonshire	0
Nottinghamshire	0
Oxfordshire	0
Rutland	0
Shropshire	0
Suffolk	0

Somerset	0
Surrey	0
Sussex	0
Staffordshire	0
Warwickshire	0
Westmorland	0
Wiltshire	0
Worcestershire	0
Yorkshire	0

Wales

Anglesey	0
Brecknockshire	0
Cardiganshire	0
Carnarvonshire	0

Carmarthenshire	0
Denbighshire	0
Flintshire	0
Glamorgan	0

Merionethshire	0
Montgomeryshire	0
Monmouthshire	0
Pembrokeshire	0

Radnorshire

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Bowdan Surname Statistics

Top Professions for the Bowdan family

Profession	Census Frequency
Cabinet Maker	1
Dress Maker	1
Farmer	1
Independent	1
Pupil	1
Rope Maker	1

Most Frequent Forenames for Bowdan

Name	Census Frequency
Mary Bowdan	11
George Bowdan	6
Elizabeth Bowdan	5
John Bowdan	5
Samuel Bowdan	5
William Bowdan	5
Henry Bowdan	4
Jane Bowdan	3
Thomas Bowdan	3
Ann Bowdan	2
Catherine Bowdan	2
Emily Bowdan	2
Louisa Bowdan	2
Margaret Bowdan	2
Rose Bowdan	2
Sarah Bowdan	2
Walter Bowdan	2
Agnes Bowdan	1
Albert Bowdan	1
Alice Bowdan	1
Anna Bowdan	1
Annie Bowdan	1
Antony Bowdan	1
Beatria Bowdan	1
Caroline Bowdan	1

Bowdan Surname Variants Ranking

Rank	Surname	Match	Census Frequency
1	Bowden	83%	61,591
2	Boden	67%	17,058
3	Bawden	67%	11,572
4	Bowdon	83%	2,184
5	Bawdon	67%	535
6	Bodden	67%	356
7	Bowdin	83%	179
8	Booden	67%	155
9	Bowdan	100%	101

Did you know?

The surname Bowdan is the 9th most popular variant of Bowden.