Where in Ireland does the family BOWLES come from? Is BOWLES a common surname in Ireland? The maps on this page are based on the 1901 and 1911 census of Ireland, available here: Census of Ireland.
There were 217 with this surname in Ireland in 1901. The surname is ranked 2425th in Ireland. MURPHY is ranked 1st since it is the most common Irish surname.
Religion: Anglican: 99 (45.62%), Catholic: 87 (40.09%), Presbyterian: 10 (4.61%), Other / Not Given: 9 (4.15%), Quaker: 6 (2.76%), Protestant: 4 (1.84%), Methodist: 1 (0.46%), Salvation Army: 1 (0.46%)
There were 238 with this surname in Ireland in 1911. The surname is ranked 2256th in Ireland. MURPHY is ranked 1st since it is the most common Irish surname.
The Dúchas Surname Index is a set of surname associations compiled by the Irish Folklore Commission. Below is a list of these associations for the surname BOWLES. Learn more at Dúchas Surname Index.
Map is based on households which had at least one member who had an occupation containing "Farm" or "Agri".
Map shows the percentage of people with the surname BOWLES who are Catholic in each locality
Map shows the percentage of people with the surname BOWLES who are Anglican in each locality
Map shows the percentage of people with the surname BOWLES who are Presbyterian in each locality
List of consecutive consonant patterns associated with this surname:
When producing these maps, surnames are converted to uppercase. "MC" and "M'" are replaced with "MAC", and non-alphabetic characters (hyphens, spaces, apostrophes, accents) are removed. For example, Mac Vey and McVey appear together as MACVEY. O'Neill, Oneill, ONeill and Ó Néill appear together as ONEILL, and D'Arcy and Darcy appear as DARCY.
While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, no responsibility is taken for errors in the census data. The census is available online for verification.