# Bowman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bowman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as an occupation for a bowman.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 105,007 |
| US rank (2010) | 296 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,940 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.7% (102,239 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bowman in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bowman in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named Bowman

- Julia Hall Bowman Robinson, American mathematician (1919–1985)
- Josh Bowman, British actor
- Jessica Bowman, American actress
- Rob Bowman, American film director
- Lee Bowman, American actor (1914–1979)
- Maddie Bowman, American freestyle skier
- Jamaal Bowman, American politician and educator (born 1976)
- Isaiah Bowman, American geographer (1878–1950)
- Bob Bowman, American swimming coach
- Nate Bowman, American basketball player (1943-1984)
- Christian Bowman, American actor
- Matthew Bowman, American baseball player

and 7 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Boman, Bohman, Bauman, Bynum, Baumann, Bohannon, Bonham, Beeman, Beaman, Bannon, Benham, Beamon.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.