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Owens name meaning

First Name
692
in the U.S.
since 1880
Last Name
183k
in the U.S.
in 2010
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Boys
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Meaning and Origin

What does the name Owens mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Owens

User Submitted Origins

Welsh
62%
Jewish
19%
Irish
5%
Korean
5%
Russian
5%
African
5%

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  1. United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980)
    Synonyms: james cleveland owens and jesse owens
Wiktionary

From the given name Owen + the patronymic suffix -s.

  1. A surname​.

Owens was also found in the following language(s): German

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Notable Persons Named Owens

Notable Persons Named Owens

Owens Wiwa

Owens was born on October 10th, 1957.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Owens

Notable Persons With the Last Name Owens

Terrell Owens

Terrell Owens is a football player for the San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys, Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Texas Revolution (indoor football), and Seattle Seahawks. Terrell was born on December 7th, 1973 in Alexander City, Alabama.

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Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens was an athlete. Jesse was born on September 12th, 1913 in Oakville, Alabama, U.S. He breathed his last breath on March 31st, 1980.

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Kevin Owens

Kevin Owens is a wrestler. Kevin was born on May 7th, 1984 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.

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Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah is a singer, songwriter, rapper, actress, model, comedian, talk show host, singing, rapping, actor, and model (people). Her ongoing career started in 1988. Queen was given the name Dana Elaine Owens on March 18th, 1970 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.

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Ryan Owens

Ryan Owens is a journalist. Ryan was born in United States.

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Buck Owens

Buck Owens was a country music and bakersfield sound singer, bandleader, tv host, and singing. He plays Vocals and guitar. He was most prominent from 1945 to 1945. Buck was given the name Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. on August 12th, 1929 in Sherman, Texas, United States. He died on March 25th, 2006.

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  • Rick Owens
  • Gary Owens
    Voice Acting
  • Chase Owens
  • Craig Owens
    Singer-songwriter
  • Nigel Owens
  • Andre Owens
    Basketball Player
  • Bill Owens
    Treasurer of Colorado
  • Christopher Owens
    Musician
  • Chad Owens
    Football Player
  • William A. Owens
    Nortel
  • Frances Marion
    Author
  • John Owens
    Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • Casey Owens
  • James W. Owens

Common last names for Owens

Common first names for Owens

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Owens U.S.
█  White 65.85% 64.26%
█  African American 28.41% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 0.36% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.75% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 2.47% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 2.17% 16.26%

Of Last Name Owens

People with the last name Owens are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Owens

  • What name lists does Owens rank for?
    #140Popular Surnames
  • How Popular is the name Owens? Owens is the 13,724th most popular name of all time. As a last name Owens was the 140th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Owens have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 692 babies born with the first name Owens in the United States. That's more than enough people named Owens to occupy the territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) with an estimated population of 605 (as of June 30, 2010).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Owens? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1890 when it was given as a first name to 6 new born babies.
  • When was Owens first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Owens is Saturday, February 26th, 1870.
  • What year had the most people named Owens born? The highest recorded use of the first name Owens was in 1921 with a total of 23 babies.
  • Random Owens Factoid: According to the 1919 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Owens is not a popular baby boy's name in Georgia. Imagine that, only 5 babies in Georgia have the same name in 1919.
  • Weird things about the name Owens: The name spelled backwards is Snewo. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Soenw. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Owens? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 182,719 people with the last name Owens.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Owens? Owens was ranked as the 140th most popular last name but is still less than 0.1% of the population!
    • Owens name meaning

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