Bowter Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 10
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 2
London 7
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 8
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Bowter Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bowter family

Profession Census Frequency
Miner 3
Agricultural Labourer 2
Independent 1
Female Servant 1
Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Bowter

Name Census Frequency
Elizabeth Bowter 13
James Bowter 10
Thomas Bowter 10
George Bowter 9
John Bowter 9
Ann Bowter 7
Sarah Bowter 5
William Bowter 5
Arthur Bowter 4
Emma Bowter 4
Mary Bowter 4
Alice Bowter 3
Annie Bowter 3
Benjamin Bowter 3
Edith Bowter 3
Eliza Bowter 3
Hannah Bowter 3
Rachel Bowter 3
Richard Bowter 3
Robert Bowter 3
Albert Bowter 2
Catherine Bowter 2
Daniel Bowter 2
Edgar Bowter 2
Ellen Bowter 2

Bowter Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bowater 86% 2,575
2 Bawtree 57% 877
3 Botter 83% 427
4 Boater 83% 312
5 Booter 83% 232
6 Bowter 100% 193

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The surname Bowter is the 6th most popular variant of Bowater.

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