Last Name BOWIE

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	French, Irish, Belgian, Zimbabwean

Rank	3,036 (2000 US census)	2,321 (1990 US census)

Count	10,943 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

45.2%, or 4946 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
49.82%, or 5452 total occurrences, as black,
0.29%, or 32 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.83%, or 91 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.75%, or 192 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.1%, or 230 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

Longest baby names

The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

English surnames

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...