- 3,806
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Bowker
Meaning & Origins
English (chiefly Manchester): occupational name for someone whose job was to steep cotton or linen in lye (a strong alkali) to cleanse it, from an agent derivative of Middle English bouken ‘to wash’ (from Middle Dutch būken).
| 7,559th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 3,806
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Dakota
- has the most people named Bowker per capita
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