How common is the surname Bowery?

568 people in the United States had the surname Bowery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 543,566 Americans. It ranked 38,850th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bowery?

Leigh Bowery, Australian artist (1961-1994).

Where is the surname Bowery most common?

Wikidata records people named Bowery in Australia.

How do you pronounce Bowery?

Bowery is /ˈbaʊəɹi/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Bowery getting more or less common?

Less common. 671 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 568 in 2010, down 15%.

The surname Bowery

An English occupational surname, carried by 568 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbaʊəɹi/ 3 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). Bowery is more common than 76.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

Unexplained. Perhaps a topographic surname for someone who lived in a small cottage, from Middle English bour (“chamber, cottage”) or, alternatively, an occupational surname for someone who worked there.

Bowery is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 568 people named Bowery in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 543,566 Americans. That is down 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 671.

#38,850

rank among US surnames

568

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-15.4%

change since 2000 (was #32,338)

Who is named Bowery

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

88% of people named Bowery identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 1.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bowerys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Leigh Bowery
Australian artist (1961-1994)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Bowry

Surnames that sound like Bowery

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bowery come from?: Unexplained. Perhaps a topographic surname for someone who lived in a small cottage, from Middle English bour (“chamber, cottage”) or, alternatively, an occupational surname for someone who worked there.
How common is the surname Bowery?: 568 people in the United States had the surname Bowery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 543,566 Americans. It ranked 38,850th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bowery?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Bowery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bowery?: Leigh Bowery, Australian artist (1961-1994).
Where is the surname Bowery most common?: Wikidata records people named Bowery in Australia.
How do you pronounce Bowery?: Bowery is /ˈbaʊəɹi/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is Bowery?: Bowery is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Bowery getting more or less common?: Less common. 671 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 568 in 2010, down 15%.
What are other spellings of Bowery?: Bowry.