Last Name BOWERS

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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. From 'bur,' Saxon, a chamber; a cottage; a shady recess.

Origin	English, Scottish, Jewish, Irish, Anglo-saxon, Zimbabwean

Rank	466 (2000 US census)	473 (1990 US census)

Count	64,496 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

85.34%, or 55041 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
10.94%, or 7056 total occurrences, as black,
0.38%, or 245 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.5%, or 322 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.34%, or 864 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.5%, or 967 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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