Scowen
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English
Etymology
Topographic surname for someone who lived by a plantation of elderberry trees, from Cornish skawen (“elderberry tree”). Compare Boscawen.
Proper noun
Scowen (plural Scowens)
- A surname from Cornish.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Scowen is the 10637th most common surname in England, belonging to 552 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Scowen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears