How common is the surname Bowlby?

1,754 people in the United States had the surname Bowlby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,024 Americans. It ranked 16,407th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bowlby?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bowlby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bowlby?

April Bowlby, American actress.

Where is the surname Bowlby most common?

Wikidata records people named Bowlby in the United States.

Is the surname Bowlby getting more or less common?

More common. 1,698 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,754 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Bowlby

A surname, carried by 1,754 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B410

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bowlby is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,754 people named Bowlby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,024 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,698.

#16,407

rank among US surnames

1,754

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #15,771)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,407	Dillion	1,754	176,024
#16,415	Pietsch	1,753	176,124

Who is named Bowlby

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

96% of people named Bowlby identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bowlbys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

April Bowlby
American actress, born 1980

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bowlby

Bilby

Bowlby has the Soundex code B410, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B410.

Questions

How common is the surname Bowlby?: 1,754 people in the United States had the surname Bowlby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,024 Americans. It ranked 16,407th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bowlby?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bowlby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bowlby?: April Bowlby, American actress.
Where is the surname Bowlby most common?: Wikidata records people named Bowlby in the United States.
Is the surname Bowlby getting more or less common?: More common. 1,698 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,754 in 2010, up 3.3%.