# Bowser (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 14,383 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,517 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 21,466 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.2% (14,071 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* (surname): * (dog's name): bow + -s- + -er. From bow-wow.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bowser 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) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 21% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bowser in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Bowser

- Doug Bowser, American businessman and president and former COO of Nintendo of America (born 1961)
- Sarah Mullally, 106th archbishop of Canterbury

## Similar surnames

Boozer, Buser, Boser, Booker, Boger, Bowker, Bowsher, Boxer, Bosher, Baker, Becker, Becerra.

## 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.