Owen Family History
Owen Name Meaning
Welsh: from the Welsh personal name Owain, probably a
borrowing in Roman times of Latin Eugenius (see Eugene),
but possibly of more ancient Celtic origin, cognate with Gaelic
Eoghan.Scottish and Irish: reduced Anglicized form of
Gaelic Mac Eoghain ‘son of Eoghan’ (see McEwen).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Owen Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Owen families
 346 - 689  116 - 345 |
 1 - 115  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Owen families
|
2,782 - 5,562 928 - 2,781 |
1 - 927 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Owen families
|
89 - 175 30 - 88 |
1 - 29 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Owen Family Origin
Owen Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Owen
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Owen Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Owen census records
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