Last Name BOWER

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Meaning	Local: Of the bower, an indoor servant, one who waited in lady's chamber. The added 's' is common to t hese specific names. The other possible meaning is occupational: 'the bowyer.' The 'y' has crept in as in lawyer, sawyer, etc.

Origin	English, Irish, South african

Rank	1,516 (2000 US census)	1,383 (1990 US census)

Count	21,705 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

95.04%, or 20628 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.51%, or 328 total occurrences, as black,
0.48%, or 104 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.43%, or 93 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.09%, or 237 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.46%, or 317 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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