# Bow (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,684 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,909 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 183,341 people |
| Change since 2000 | -8.2% (1,835 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /bəʊ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bow in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 70% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 10.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 8.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 4.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bow in the United States.

## People named Bow

- Clara Bow, American actress (1905–1965)

## Similar surnames

Boe, Bo, Bou, Bowie, Bowe, Bui, Bay, Bae, Buie, Bey, Bah, Bee.

## 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.