Last Name GOWER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: A variant of Gore. Local: 'Gwyr,' a place in Glamorganshire, a place inclosed round, encircled. This peninsula is mostly surrounded by the sea and rivers.

Origin	English, Welsh, South african, Hungarian

Rank	4,982 (2000 US census)	4,800 (1990 US census)

Count	6,469 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

94.33%, or 6102 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.73%, or 112 total occurrences, as black,
0.56%, or 36 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.97%, or 63 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.22%, or 79 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.19%, or 77 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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