Family name Bowker (بوكر 
, Bowker 
, 鲍克) , globally, is quite a common cognomen. The last name Bowker is characteristic of the United Kingdom, where it is quite a rare surname, New Zealand, and Australia. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in the United States, the United Kingdom, and South Africa. Very seldom, Bowker is the forename as well as the last name.
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| بوكر | Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Saudi Arabia |
| Bowker | United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, Canada, United States |
| agnes bowker (b. 1541/2), servant & alleged mother of a cat, GB (b. 1540) |
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| martha bowker 6 Mar 1685 - 28 May 1735 Marlborough, MA (b. 1685) |
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| joseph bowker American politician, US (b. 1725) |
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| frances bowker (1743-1770) (b. 1743) |
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| maria bowker (born 1749) (b. 1749) |
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richard bowker Australian mariner, physician, surgeon and politician (1815-1903), AU (b. 1815) |
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| silas bowker American politician, US (b. 1769) |
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| john bowker British Royal Navy officer, captain in 1811 (1770-?) (b. 1770) |
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james henry bowker South African naturalist, ZA (b. 1822) |
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horace leander bowker politician in Massachusetts, US (1832-1894), US (b. 1832) |
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richard rogers bowker American publisher, editor, journalist, US (b. 1848) |
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william henry bowker American businessman (1850–1916) (b. 1850) |
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| william monkhouse bowker South African politician, ZA (b. 1803) |
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| thomas holden bowker (1807-1885), GB (b. 1807) |
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| mary anne bowker botanical collector, ZA (b. 1822) |
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