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    The surname Bowsher

    A surname, carried by 1,079 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B260

    Bowsher: #23,532 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bowsher #23,532, 1,079 people Bowsher: #23,532 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bowsher #23,532, 1,079 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bowsher is more common than 85.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,079 people named Bowsher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 286,140 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,007.

    #23,532
    rank among US surnames
    1,079
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.1%
    change since 2000 (was #23,514)

    Who is named Bowsher

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

    96% of people named Bowsher identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bowsher

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bowsher?
    1,079 people in the United States had the surname Bowsher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,140 Americans. It ranked 23,532nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bowsher?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bowsher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Bowsher getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,007 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,079 in 2010, up 7.1%.