How common is the surname Bower?

21,445 people in the United States had the surname Bower in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,397 Americans. It ranked 1,682nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bower?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bower identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bower?

Jamie Campbell Bower, British actor, followed by Frederick Orpen Bower.

Where is the surname Bower most common?

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

How do you pronounce Bower?

Bower is /ˈbaʊə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Bower getting more or less common?

Less common. 21,705 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,445 in 2010, down 1.2%.

The surname Bower

A surname, carried by 21,445 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbaʊə(ɹ)/ 2 syllables Soundex B600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bower is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 21,445 people named Bower in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,397 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,705.

#1,682

rank among US surnames

21,445

people in 2010

7.3

per 100,000 Americans

-1.2%

change since 2000 (was #1,516)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,673	Arreola	21,540	14,334
#1,674	Siegel	21,536	14,336
#1,675	Hankins	21,532	14,339
#1,676	Raines	21,518	14,348
#1,677	Thacker	21,512	14,352
#1,678	Sadler	21,504	14,358
#1,679	Sotelo	21,455	14,390

Who is named Bower

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

94% of people named Bower identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bowers

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jamie Campbell Bower
British actor, born 1988
Frederick Orpen Bower
British botanist (1855–1948)
Tom Bower
American actor (1938–2024)
Carol Bower
American rower, born 1956
Gordon H. Bower
American psychologist (1932–2020)
Marvin Bower
American business theorist (1903–2003)

Notable Bowers come mostly from the United States (4) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bower

Bower has the Soundex code B600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B600.

Questions

How common is the surname Bower?: 21,445 people in the United States had the surname Bower in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,397 Americans. It ranked 1,682nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bower?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bower identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bower?: Jamie Campbell Bower, British actor, followed by Frederick Orpen Bower.
Where is the surname Bower most common?: Wikidata records people named Bower in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Bower?: Bower is /ˈbaʊə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Bower getting more or less common?: Less common. 21,705 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,445 in 2010, down 1.2%.