Bowen

From Welsh ap Owain (“son of Owen”).

Bowen

1. A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
2. A town and district in the General Alvear Department, Mendoza, Argentina.
3. A coastal town and locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.
4. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An extinct town in Las Animas County, Colorado.
   2. An unincorporated community in Rio Grande County, Colorado.
   3. A village in Hancock County, Illinois.
   4. An unincorporated community in Henry County and Johnson County, Missouri.
   5. A ghost town in Washington County, Nebraska.
   6. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia.

• Bowne, benow, bewon, bowne