Last Name BOWYER

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Meaning The bowyer, a maker of bows. The bowyers and fletchers always marched together in the trade processions. Skelton in 'The Maner of the Worls' says: 'So many bowyers, so many fletchers. And so few good archiers, saw I never.' With the intrusive 'y' or 'i' like in lawyers, sawyers.
An archer, one who uses a bow; one who makes bows.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 7,496 (2000 US census) 7,044 (1990 US census)
Count 4,099 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 92.02%, or 3772 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 4.22%, or 173 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.56%, or 23 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.32%, or 13 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.27%, or 52 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.61%, or 66 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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