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

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

How popular is Bowler?

Bowler is common in South Africa.

Bowler is ranked 25341 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Bowler bearers increased by 3.207381 per cent in 2010 US census to 4698 since 2000, the surname slipped by 306 spots and ranked at 7123. The last name was found in around 16 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 86.14 86.4
Black 8.49 9.45
Others 2.32 1.6
Hispanic or Latino 2.19 1.6
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.7 0.53
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.15 0.42
Bowler is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Wales is ahead in terms of density. Around 20191 people have been found who wears Bowler as their family name. Bowler is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
7,022 Senegal7
823,980 India6
720,003 Russia4
14,078 Japan3
54,641 Sweden2
6,103 Cyprus2
26,532 Chile2
14,521 Portugal2
147,165 Czech Republic2
20,595 China2
34,681 Norway2
91,784 Netherlands2
40,064 Nigeria2
4,249 Cambodia1
31,584 Peru1
169,904 Brazil1
123,175 Tanzania1
120,357 Argentina1
28,746 Algeria1
8,268 Mauritius1
16,228 Bulgaria1
56,169 Mexico1
11,510 Oman1
153,416 Italy1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
36,814 Romania1
3,586 Honduras1
42,479 Greece1
17,768 Pakistan1
5,553 Taiwan1
1,254 Gibraltar1
53,505 Turkey1
492,292 Ukraine1
810,193 Indonesia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,642 Northern Ireland48
43,350 Spain48
845 The Bahamas28
36,547 Switzerland27
23,914 Denmark20
5,663 Thailand18
62,309 Zimbabwe13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,858 Hong Kong83
13,832 United Arab Emirates69
5,248 Singapore59
Countries with hundreds of Bowler:
5,268 Canada833
1,517 New Zealand490
934 Wales418
1,380 Ireland399
43,536 Germany235
2,934 Scotland223
66,174 France147
Countries with thousands of Bowler:
1,312 England6,012
6,541 United States5,889
1,263 Malawi2,200
1,999 Australia1,576
5,014 South Africa1,297
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Bowler worked as spinster and hailed from Kerry, Ireland. During the great famine, 24 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on David Cannon and arrived on September 30, 1848. Moris Bowler (11) Immigrant, Ellen Bowler, aged 24, Workman John Bowler, 20 years old Thomas Bowler, William Bowler, aged 32, Immigrant Lawrence Bowler, John Bowler (40) Farmer, 20 years old Mary Bowler, and 22 other Bowler around 41.18% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and farmers &, laborers migrated to US.

Bowler Namesakes

  • Grant Bowler, Actor
  • Grant Bowler, Actor
  • Bertie Bowler, Soccer player
  • John Bowler, Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
  • Grant Bowler, Baseball player
  • John Bowler, Actor
  • Edie Bowler, Grant Bowler's daughter
  • Ezekiel Bowler, Grant Bowler's son
  • Norman Bowler, Actor
  • Grant Bowler, Actor
  • Peter Bowler played key character of Hawk in 0 fantasy movie Duel of Destiny.
  • In 2001, Juliet Bowler played the role of Amanda in comedy movie alt.sex.

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