Bowker is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bowker
No. of characters: 6
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Bowker

How popular is Bowker?

Bowker is common in South Africa.

Bowker is ranked 39800 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Bowker bearers increased by 0.657562 per cent in 2010 US census to 3980 since 2000, the surname slipped by 581 spots and ranked at 8328. The last name was found in around 14 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.03 92.08
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.17 2.91
Others 2.71 1.67
Hispanic or Latino 2.46 1.95
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.43 1.11
Black 0.2 0.28
Bowker is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Isle of Man is ahead in terms of density. Around 12297 people have been found who wears Bowker as their family name. Bowker is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
127,708 Czech Republic3
184,212 France3
19,452 Malaysia3
90,215 Germany3
4,164 Vietnam2
54,641 Sweden2
20,595 China2
993 Guernsey2
34,572 Israel2
139,444 Brazil2
41,879 Turkey2
50,549 Georgia1
1,970 Grenada1
10,683 Cyprus1
810,193 Indonesia1
66,560 Philippines1
2,374 Bermuda1
7,191 Afghanistan1
91,024 Belgium1
24,460 Armenia1
14,373 Jordan1
153,416 Italy1
56,169 Mexico1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
47,891 Norway1
58,885 Poland1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
16,640 Hong Kong1
13,447 Uganda1
573 Vanuatu1
3,071 Jersey1
897,276 Russia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
55,100 Spain33
40,883 Zimbabwe27
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
699 Isle of Man21
Countries with hundreds of Bowker:
4,912 Australia609
8,084 Canada510
2,602 New Zealand291
4,243 Scotland138
3,682 Wales102
Countries with thousands of Bowker:
7,633 United States4,954
2,786 England2,802
2,375 South Africa2,740
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 23 years old Marg. Bowker who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on August 10, 1849 by Marmion put out from Liverpool. Alfred Bowker, aged 4, Born at sea Ann Bowker, Servant Joseph Bowker, are other Bowker that migrated to US.

Bowker Namesakes

  • Aldrich Bowker, Film actor
  • Judi Bowker, Film actress
  • Emily Bowker, Film actress
  • Judi Bowker, Film actress
  • Brite Bowker, John Bowker's mother
  • John Bowker, Baseball player
  • Peter Bowker, Playwright
  • Silas Bowker, Politician
  • Judi Bowker, Film actress
  • John Bowker, Professor

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