Bower is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bower
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Bower

How popular is Bower?

Bower is common in United States.

Bower is ranked 11917 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Bowers plummeted by 1.197881 per cent to 21445 since 2000 and slipped by 166 spots and ranked at 1682. The last name was found in around 73 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.85 95.04
Hispanic or Latino 2.34 1.46
Black 1.48 1.51
Others 1.3 1.09
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.62 0.48
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.41 0.43
Bower is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Jersey is ahead in terms of density. Around 44738 people have been found who wears Bower as their family name. Bower is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
98,953 Belarus7
527,030 Indonesia7
8,582 Japan6
7,113 Costa Rica5
8,438 China5
119,730 Brazil3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
17,547 Colombia2
65,594 Belgium2
89,020 Tanzania2
95,312 Argentina2
4,231 Jamaica2
23,344 Austria2
5,318 Iraq2
19,093 Finland2
1,472 The Bahamas2
5,298 Botswana2
44,018 Poland2
3,670 Mozambique2
13,552 Qatar2
1,879 Belize1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
2,309 Monaco1
38,830 Morocco1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
12,741 Ecuador1
2,578 Guam1
42,479 Greece1
25,721 Egypt1
38,063 Mauritania1
3,307 Malta1
50,549 Georgia1
8,371 Syria1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
53,505 Turkey1
13,447 Uganda1
4,249 Cambodia1
1,572 Macau1
2,505 Congo1
28,746 Algeria1
7,191 Afghanistan1
12,270 Lebanon1
7,292 Vietnam1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,360 Netherlands49
6,376 Singapore47
21,712 Sweden44
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
9,524 Portugal37
18,843 Chile36
319,538 India32
269,016 Russia29
23,443 Norway26
813 Jersey22
55,829 Zimbabwe16
14,048 Ireland16
29,040 Denmark15
202,099 Ukraine14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,305 Northern Ireland95
72,056 Italy78
15,572 Switzerland72
40,284 Spain53
Countries with hundreds of Bower:
13,156 Germany773
1,332 Paraguay454
1,756 New Zealand428
1,947 Scotland368
1,356 Wales293
35,533 France282
19,046 Mexico183
722 Fiji170
1,845 Hong Kong130
Countries with thousands of Bower:
1,073 England7,114
1,858 South Africa3,543
1,067 Australia2,947
2,549 Canada1,936
Countries with ten thousands of Bower:
1,549 United States25,305
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

William Bower was 25 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 30, 1849. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as tailoress and took Rosetta from Liverpool. 35 years old Margaret Bower, 27 years old Jeffrey Bower, Cathne. Bower (22) Maid, Mary-Anne Bower (20) Maid, 35 years old Laurence Bower, William Bower, aged 19, Margt.J. Bower, aged 20, John Bower, aged 32, and 30 other Bower around 36.36% of whom were servant while others worked as farmer and farm laborer migrated to US from Glasgow, Liverpool, Cardiff & Cork and London.

Bower Namesakes

  • Adelbert Bower Sageser, Author
  • Crystal Bowersox, Singer-songwriter
  • John Bowers, Bishop of Thetford
  • Lisa Bowerman, Actress
  • John Bowers, Bishop of Thetford
  • Robert Hood Bowers, Composer
  • Tom Bower, Writer
  • Antoinette Bower, Film actress
  • Arlo Bower, Natasha Kaplinsky's son
  • Ash Bowers, Singer

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