How common is the surname Bowling?

26,762 people in the United States had the surname Bowling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,537 Americans. It ranked 1,311th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bowling?

Kansas Bowling, American filmmaker and actress.

Where is the surname Bowling most common?

Wikidata records people named Bowling in the United States.

Is the surname Bowling getting more or less common?

More common. 25,938 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 26,762 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Bowling

A surname, carried by 26,762 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bowling is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 26,762 people named Bowling in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,537 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 25,938.

#1,311

rank among US surnames

26,762

people in 2010

9.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #1,243)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,302	Broussard	26,971	11,447
#1,303	McGinnis	26,953	11,455
#1,304	Hatch	26,903	11,476
#1,305	Sheehan	26,902	11,477
#1,306	Rutledge	26,887	11,483
#1,307	Corbin	26,876	11,488
#1,308	Dempsey	26,863	11,493

Who is named Bowling

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

91% of people named Bowling identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
Two or more races 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bowlings

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kansas Bowling
American filmmaker and actress, born 1996

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Boling

Surnames that sound like Bowling

Bowling has the Soundex code B452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B452.

Questions

How common is the surname Bowling?: 26,762 people in the United States had the surname Bowling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,537 Americans. It ranked 1,311th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bowling?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Bowling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bowling?: Kansas Bowling, American filmmaker and actress.
Where is the surname Bowling most common?: Wikidata records people named Bowling in the United States.
Is the surname Bowling getting more or less common?: More common. 25,938 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 26,762 in 2010, up 3.2%.
What are other spellings of Bowling?: Boling.