1990 Census

Bowes      0.002      65.840        6240

Bowe      0.002      64.382        5511

Bows      No results

Bow      0.001      70.513      9466

de Bowes      No results


What the Numbers Mean

"The four items are:

1. A "Name" 

2. Frequency in percent 

3. Cumulative Frequency in percent

4. Rank

In the file (dist.all.last) one entry appears as:


MOORE        0.312        5.312        9

In our search area sample, MOORE ranks 9th in terms of frequency. 5.312 percent of the sample population is covered by MOORE and the 8 names occurring more frequently than MOORE. The surname, MOORE, is possessed by 0.312 percent of our population sample." [U. S. Census Bureau. Genealogy Data: Frequently Occurring Surnames from Census 1990 – Names Files]




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