# Bower (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bower/  
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) | 21,445 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,682 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,397 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.2% (21,705 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbaʊə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bower 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

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

## People named Bower

- Jamie Campbell Bower, British actor
- Frederick Orpen Bower, British botanist (1855–1948)
- Tom Bower, American actor (1938–2024)
- Carol Bower, American rower
- Gordon H. Bower, American psychologist (1932–2020)
- Marvin Bower, American business theorist (1903–2003)

## Similar surnames

Bowery, Boyer, Booher, Bowyer, Bohr, Boer, Boor, Berry, Bauer, Barry, Barr, Bray.

## 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.