How common is the surname Bowler?

4,698 people in the United States had the surname Bowler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,719 Americans. It ranked 7,123rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Bowler getting more or less common?

More common. 4,552 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,698 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Bowler

An English occupational surname, carried by 4,698 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bowler is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

English occupational surname for a maker or seller of bowls, dishes and cups, from Middle English bollere.

Bowler 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 4,698 people named Bowler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,719 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,552.

#7,123

rank among US surnames

4,698

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #6,817)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,117	Rusk	4,701	65,677
#7,119	Bible	4,700	65,691
#7,120	Dilworth	4,699	65,705
#7,123	Bowler	4,698	65,719
#7,124	Baucom	4,696	65,746
#7,126	Menefee	4,695	65,760

Who is named Bowler

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

86% of people named Bowler identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.5%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Bouler

Surnames that sound like Bowler

Bowler has the Soundex code B460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B460.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bowler come from?: English occupational surname for a maker or seller of bowls, dishes and cups, from Middle English bollere.
How common is the surname Bowler?: 4,698 people in the United States had the surname Bowler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,719 Americans. It ranked 7,123rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bowler?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Bowler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Bowler?: Bowler is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Bowler getting more or less common?: More common. 4,552 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,698 in 2010, up 3.2%.
What are other spellings of Bowler?: Bouler.