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    The surname Bowser

    A surname, carried by 14,383 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B260

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bowser is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,383 people named Bowser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,466 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,071.

    #2,517
    rank among US surnames
    14,383
    people in 2010
    4.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,356)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,508Randle14,43721,386
    #2,509Reardon14,43521,389
    #2,510Coughlin14,43421,390
    #2,511Vick14,42121,409
    #2,512Jacques14,41721,415
    #2,513Heim14,41421,420
    #2,514Staton14,41321,421

    Who is named Bowser

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

    74% of people named Bowser identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 21%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bowsers

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Notable Bowsers come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bowser

    Bowser has the Soundex code B260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B260.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bowser come from?
    * (surname): * (dog's name): bow + -s- + -er. From bow-wow.
    How common is the surname Bowser?
    14,383 people in the United States had the surname Bowser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,466 Americans. It ranked 2,517th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bowser?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Bowser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bowser?
    Doug Bowser, American businessman and president and former COO of Nintendo of America (born 1961), followed by Sarah Mullally.
    Where is the surname Bowser most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bowser in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Bowser getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,071 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,383 in 2010, up 2.2%.