Owen Family History
Owen Name Meaning
Welsh: from the Welsh personal name Owain, probably a
borrowing in Roman times of Latin Eugenius (see Eugene),
but possibly of more ancient Celtic origin, cognate with Gaelic
Eoghan.Scottish and Irish: reduced Anglicized form of
Gaelic Mac Eoghain ‘son of Eoghan’ (see McEwen).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Owen
Name Distribution of Owen Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Owen families
 2,782 - 5,562  928 - 2,781 |
 1 - 927  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Owen families
|
89 - 175 30 - 88 |
1 - 29 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Owen census records
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Owen Family Origin
Owen Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Owen Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Owen Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Owen census records
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Military Service by Owen
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