Where does the surname owens originate from?

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Where does the surname owens originate from?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Ancestry.com's Family Facts (see link below) provides a lot of information on surnames, including Civil War Service, Immigration Year, Life Expectancy, Name Distribution (UK), Name Distribution (US), Name Meanings, Newspaper Headlines, Occupations, Place of Origin, and Ports of Departure.

According to this database, there have been 1155 Owens immigrants to America from England, 918 fron Ireland, 283 from Wales, 261 from Great Britain, 50 from Scotland, and 10 from Germany.