Gowder Family History
Gowder Name Meaning
Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Gauder, a
nickname for a braggart or wastrel, from an agent derivative of Middle
High German giuden ‘to brag or squander’. EG. UK 1.Not in HH,
RW. THERE IS A PLACE NAME GOWDER CRAG IN CUMBRIA.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Gowder Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gowder families
 9 - 15  4 - 8 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gowder families
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7 - 12 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gowder census records
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Gowder Family Origin
Gowder Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Gowder
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Gowder Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Gowder census records
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