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    The surname Bowe

    A surname, carried by 6,628 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B000

    Bowe: #5,264 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bowe #5,264, 6,628 people Bowe: #5,264 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bowe #5,264, 6,628 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bowe is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,628 people named Bowe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,582 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,510.

    #5,264
    rank among US surnames
    6,628
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #4,957)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,259Huebner6,63546,533
    #5,261Brasher6,63446,540
    #5,262Wessel6,63046,568
    #5,264Bowe6,62846,582

    Who is named Bowe

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

    76% of people named Bowe identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 76%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bowes

    7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Riddick Bowe
      American boxer (born 1967)
    • Brittany Bowe
      American speed skater, born 1988
    • Rosemarie Bowe
      American actress (1932-2019)
    • David Bowe
      American actor, born 1964
    • Aisha Bowe
      Bahamian-American aerospace engineer, born 1986
    • Dwayne Bowe
      American football player (born 1984)
    • John Bowe
      British actor, born 1950

    Notable Bowes come mostly from the United States (6) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bowe

    Bowe 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 Bowe?
    6,628 people in the United States had the surname Bowe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,582 Americans. It ranked 5,264th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bowe?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Bowe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bowe?
    Riddick Bowe, American boxer (born 1967), followed by Brittany Bowe.
    Where is the surname Bowe most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bowe in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Bowe getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,510 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,628 in 2010, up 1.8%.