Scowen

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)

1. A surname from Cornish.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Scowen is the 10637^th 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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears