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There are approximately 17,550 people named Bowden in the UK. That makes it the 565th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 278 are named Bowden.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

Related and similar surnames

Boden
Bawden
Bodine
Bodden
Booden
Boeden
Bouden
Bewden
Boehden
Boudden
Boodden
Boudon
Boudun
Bouuden
Bewdon
Beuden
Boodon
Bowdaen
Boudens
Bouwden
Boedon
Boudewns
Boudoun
Bouduin

The Bowden surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

BOWDEN. BOAVDON. The B.'s. were of Bowdon Hall, co. Derby, in the XV. cent. Yet they have a tradition tliat they are of Norman descent, and that the name was originally Bodin. In 1572 two protestant Walloons, Nich. and John Bowden, settled at R3-e. Lansd. MS. 15. 70.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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