Owens Family History
Owens Name Meaning
Welsh: patronymic from Owen, with English patronymic
-s.Irish: adopted as an Anglicized form by bearers
of the Gaelic surname Mac Eoghain (see McEwen).
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Name Distribution of Owens Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Owens families
 694 - 1,385  232 - 693 |
 1 - 231  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Owens families
|
1,064 - 2,125 355 - 1,063 |
1 - 354 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Owens families
|
166 - 330 56 - 165 |
1 - 55 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Owens Family Origin
Owens Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Owens
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Owens Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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