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    The surname Bowland

    A surname, carried by 1,020 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B453

    Bowland: #24,517 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bowland #24,517, 1,020 people Bowland: #24,517 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Bowland #24,517, 1,020 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bowland is more common than 84.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,020 people named Bowland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 302,692 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,005.

    #24,517
    rank among US surnames
    1,020
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #23,547)

    Who is named Bowland

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

    93% of people named Bowland identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Bowland

    Bowland has the Soundex code B453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B453.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bowland?
    1,020 people in the United States had the surname Bowland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,692 Americans. It ranked 24,517th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bowland?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bowland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bowland getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,005 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,020 in 2010, up 1.5%.
    What are other spellings of Bowland?
    Boland.