Popularity of the last name by country
Netherlands
- Noord-Holland (69)
- Zuid-Holland (69)
- Noord-Brabant (24)
- Zeeland (20)
- Overijssel (12)
- Gelderland (11)
- Limburg (9)
- Utrecht (5)
- Fryslân | Friesland (4)
- Groningen (4)
- Drenthe (2)
All countries
- United Kingdom (293,799)
- United States (124,332)
- Australia (9,084)
- New Zealand (7,721)
- France (6,520)
- Ireland (3,958)
- Unknown country (3,560)
- Canada (2,662)
- Germany (764)
- Switzerland (615)
- Netherlands (592)
- Italy (511)
- Belgium (461)
- Sweden (412)
- Denmark (366)
- India (360)
- Spain (214)
- Mexico (146)
- Portugal (129)
- Argentina (128)
- South Africa (124)
- Egypt (122)
- Lebanon (116)
- Russian Federation (115)
- Turkey (112)
- Austria (89)
- Colombia (86)
- China (85)
- Jamaica (81)
- Cuba (67)
- Indonesia (60)
- Finland (56)
- Greece (52)
- Israel (51)
- Poland (51)
- Estonia (50)
- Guadeloupe (50)
- Norway (50)
- Romania (47)
- Brazil (39)
Origine of last name
OWEN : 1: Welsh: from the personal name Owain from Latin Eugenius (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Eugene">Eugene</a>). This Welsh personal name is cognate with Old Irish Eogán see 2 and 3.2: Scottish and Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eoghain ‘son of Eoghan’. See <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/McEwen">McEwen</a>.3: Irish: from Ó hEoghain ‘descendant of Eoghan’. See <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Ewen">Ewen</a>.
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