# Bowes-Lyon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bowes-lyon/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | fewer than 100 |
| US rank (2010) | not ranked |
| How often | not recorded |
| Change since 2000 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bowes-Lyon in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.

## People named Bowes-Lyon

- Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, British aristocrat (1855-1944); father of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother; maternal grand
- Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, British earl (1824-1904); great-grandfather of Elizabeth II
- Frances Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, British aristocrat (1832-1922); great-grandmother of Elizabeth II
- Fergus Bowes-Lyon, British Army officer (1889-1915); elder brother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother; uncle
- Michael Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, British earl (1957-2016)

## Similar surnames

Buckland, Bucklin, Backlund, Bockelman.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.