# Bowe (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bowe/  
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) | 6,628 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,264 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 46,582 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.8% (6,510 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bowe 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) | 76% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bowe in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Bowe

- Riddick Bowe, American boxer (born 1967)
- Brittany Bowe, American speed skater
- Rosemarie Bowe, American actress (1932-2019)
- David Bowe, American actor
- Aisha Bowe, Bahamian-American aerospace engineer
- Dwayne Bowe, American football player (born 1984)
- John Bowe, British actor

## Similar surnames

Bowie, Boe, Bouie, Bow, Bo, Boyé, Booe, Bui, Bay, Bae, Buie, Bey.

## 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.