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    The surname Bowlin

    A surname, carried by 6,938 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B450

    Bowlin: #5,055 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bowlin #5,055, 6,938 people Bowlin: #5,055 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bowlin #5,055, 6,938 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bowlin is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,938 people named Bowlin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,501 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,871.

    #5,055
    rank among US surnames
    6,938
    people in 2010
    2.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1%
    change since 2000 (was #4,720)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,046Yeh6,95844,373
    #5,047Beeson6,95244,411
    #5,048Beardsley6,95044,424
    #5,049Woolsey6,94944,430
    #5,050Apple6,94844,437
    #5,051Sacco6,94244,475
    #5,052Shivers6,93944,494

    Who is named Bowlin

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

    92% of people named Bowlin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as two or more races and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bowlins

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Skyler Bowlin
      American basketball player (born 1989)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bowlin

    Bowlin has the Soundex code B450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B450.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bowlin?
    6,938 people in the United States had the surname Bowlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,501 Americans. It ranked 5,055th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bowlin?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Bowlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Bowlin?
    Skyler Bowlin, American basketball player (born 1989).
    Where is the surname Bowlin most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bowlin in the United States.
    Is the surname Bowlin getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,871 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,938 in 2010, up 1.0%.