# Bowyer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bowyer/  
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 someone who made bows for archery.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,127 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,019 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 74,811 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.7% (4,099 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bowyer 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

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

## People named Bowyer

- Clint Bowyer, American racecar driver
- Adrian Bowyer, British engineer
- Taylor Mac, American performance artist

## Similar surnames

Boyer, Beyer, Bayer, Byer, Bower, Booher, Boer, Bowery, Berry, Bauer, Barry, Barr.

## 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.