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owens Name Meaning and History

  1. Welsh: patronymic from Owen, with English patronymic -s.
  2. Irish: adopted as an Anglicized form by bearers of the Gaelic surname Mac Eoghain (see McEwen).

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Distribution of owens Families in the US in 1920
Number of owens families
 694-1385
 232-693
 1-231
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