Family name Sowerby (Sowerby 
) , in all the world, is quite a rare last name. The cognomen Sowerby is characteristic of Northern Europe, particularly Aland Islands, where it is quite a common surname, Isle of Man, and the United Kingdom, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia.
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| Sowerby | Australia, United States, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada |
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james sowerby British botanical illustrator and mineralogist (1757-1822), GB (b. 1757) |
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james de carle sowerby British botanist, mineralogist and illustrator (1787-1871), GB (b. 1787) |
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george brettingham sowerby British conchologist; (1788-1854), GB (b. 1788) |
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| charles edward sowerby British naturalist (1795-1842) (b. 1795) |
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| william sowerby Anglican clergyman (b. 1799) |
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| george brettingham sowerby ii British naturalist, illustrator, and conchologist; G.B. Sowerby II (1812–1884), GB (b. 1812) |
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| james sowerby British mycologist and botanist (1815-1834) (b. 1815) |
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| charlotte caroline sowerby British scientific illustrator (1820–1865) and a member of the extensive Sowerby family of naturalist-illustrators (b. 1820) |
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| john edward sowerby English artist and publisher (1825-1870), GB (b. 1825) |
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| henry sowerby librarian, draughtsman, and gold miner, GB (b. 1825) |
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githa sowerby Playwright and writer (b. 1876) |
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| joseph sowerby Joseph Sowerby (1829–ca.1871), GB (b. 1829) |
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| george brettingham sowerby iii British conchologist; (1843-1921), GB (b. 1843) |
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| john george sowerby English painter, illustrator, glassmaker (b. 1849) |
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| charles fitzgerald sowerby GB (b. 1866) |
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