# Bowers (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bowers/  
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) | 66,003 |
| US rank (2010) | 511 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,678 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.3% (64,496 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bowers 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

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

## People named Bowers

- John Bowers, American stage and silent film actor (1885-1936)
- Charles Bowers, American cartoonist and actor
- David Bowers, British animator and film director
- George Bowers, American film director, editor and producer (1944-2012)
- Kris Bowers, American composer and pianist
- Brock Bowers, American football player (born 2002)
- William Bowers, American writer (1916–1987)

## Similar surnames

Byers, Beers, Béres, Boris, Boros, Boyers, Burrowes, Borys, Brooks, Burke, Brock, Briggs.

## 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.