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    The surname Bowers

    A surname, carried by 66,003 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B620

    Bowers: #511 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Bowers #511, 66,003 people Bowers: #511 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Bowers #511, 66,003 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bowers is more common than 99.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 66,003 people named Bowers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,678 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 64,496.

    #511
    rank among US surnames
    66,003
    people in 2010
    22
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #466)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #502Osborne66,8274,620
    #503Buchanan66,6484,632
    #504Casey66,5564,639
    #505Floyd66,4544,646
    #506Patton66,2934,657
    #507Ibarra66,0634,674
    #508Ball66,0594,674

    Who is named Bowers

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

    83% of people named Bowers identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bowerss

    7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Bowers
      American stage and silent film actor (1885-1936)
    • Charles Bowers
      American cartoonist and actor, 1889–1946
    • David Bowers
      British animator and film director, born 1970
    • George Bowers
      American film director, editor and producer (1944-2012)
    • Kris Bowers
      American composer and pianist, born 1989
    • Brock Bowers
      American football player (born 2002)
    • William Bowers
      American writer (1916–1987)

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bowers

    Bowers has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bowers?
    66,003 people in the United States had the surname Bowers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,678 Americans. It ranked 511th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bowers?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Bowers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bowers?
    John Bowers, American stage and silent film actor (1885-1936), followed by Charles Bowers.
    Where is the surname Bowers most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bowers in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Bowers getting more or less common?
    More common. 64,496 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 66,003 in 2010, up 2.3%.