Last name: GOWEN
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Last name frequency
GOWEN : This last name is indexed 24,286 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
GOWEN : 1: Irish (Laois): from Ó Gobhann or Mac Gobhann see Gowan.2: Irish: alternatively from a shortened form of Mag Eoghain see Keown.3: English (southern): variant of Gowing.
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