How common is the surname Bow?

1,684 people in the United States had the surname Bow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,341 Americans. It ranked 16,909th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bow?

In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Bow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

Who is the most famous person named Bow?

Clara Bow, American actress (1905–1965).

Where is the surname Bow most common?

Wikidata records people named Bow in the United States.

Is the surname Bow getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,835 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,684 in 2010, down 8.2%.

The surname Bow

A surname, carried by 1,684 people in the United States.

Pronounced /bəʊ/ 1 syllable Soundex B000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bow is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,684 people named Bow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 183,341 Americans. That is down 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,835.

#16,909

rank among US surnames

1,684

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-8.2%

change since 2000 (was #14,823)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,900	Hoar	1,685	183,232
#16,909	Gagner	1,684	183,341
#16,917	Dudgeon	1,683	183,450

Who is named Bow

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

70% of people named Bow identified as white (not Hispanic), 10.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 8.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bows

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Clara Bow
American actress (1905–1965)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bow

Bow has the Soundex code B000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B000.

Questions

How common is the surname Bow?: 1,684 people in the United States had the surname Bow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,341 Americans. It ranked 16,909th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bow?: In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Bow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bow?: Clara Bow, American actress (1905–1965).
Where is the surname Bow most common?: Wikidata records people named Bow in the United States.
How do you pronounce Bow?: Bow is /bəʊ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Bow getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,835 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,684 in 2010, down 8.2%.