Bowe Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Bowe Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bowe family

Profession Census Frequency
School 66
Farmer 17
General Servant (domestic) 10
Private Means 8
General Labourer 7
Labourer 7
General Servant Domestic 6
Hawker 6
At School 6
Dressmaker 5
At Home 5
Farm Labourer 5
Joiner 5
None 5
Butcher 4
Carter 4
Farmers Son Working On Farm 4
Dress Maker 3
House Painter 3
Laundress 3
Draper 3
Labourer Dock 3
Labourer On Farm 3
Coal Miner Hewer 3
Pedlar 3

Bowe Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bowe 100% 5,950
2 Bow 75% 5,019
3 Bew 50% 3,733
4 Bowie 80% 2,392
5 Boe 75% 425
6 Boow 50% 248
7 Baw 50% 229

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The surname Bowe is the most popular version of all its varients

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