Owens Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Owens Name Meaning: From the Welsh personal name Owen or Owain, in turn derived from Latin 'Eugenius' & Greek 'Eugenios' meaning well born or noble.

There are many variations in the spelling as it was up to priests & few other officials to record the name as they thought. Even more differences appeared when translated from the Celtic Welsh into English.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Owens Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Owens family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2,939
Coal Miner 266
General Servant 209
Domestic Servant 195
General Labourer 189
Dress Maker 178
Agricultural Labourer 175
Labourer 161
Farm Servant Indoor 124
Farmers Son 121
Farmers Wife 113
Quarryman 103
General Servant Domestic 94
Farmers Daughter 93
Joiner 83
Slate Quarryman 79
Farm Labourer 76
Annuitant 62
House Keeper 61
Charwoman 57
Labourer Wife 53
Blacksmith 49
General Domestic Servant 49
Servant 46
Shoe Maker 46

Owens Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Owens 100% 107,339
2 Ewins 60% 3,744
3 Ewens 80% 3,710
4 Wines 40% 2,708
5 Ewans 60% 1,228
6 Wans 60% 890
7 Uwins 60% 605
8 Waines 33% 590
9 Ownes 60% 356
10 Wains 40% 292
11 Wones 40% 242
12 Owans 80% 232
13 Wins 60% 219
14 Owns 80% 165
15 Wanes 40% 135
16 Owins 80% 123

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

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