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    The surname Bowyer

    An occupational surname, carried by 4,127 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B600

    Bowyer: #8,019 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bowyer #8,019, 4,127 people Bowyer: #8,019 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bowyer #8,019, 4,127 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bowyer is more common than 95.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname originating as an occupation for someone who made bows for archery.

    Bowyer is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,127 people named Bowyer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,811 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,099.

    #8,019
    rank among US surnames
    4,127
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #7,496)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,010Yousif4,13074,757
    #8,013Seeger4,12974,775
    #8,016Kaul4,12874,793
    #8,019Pawlak4,12774,811
    #8,023Markel4,12674,829
    #8,027Polson4,12574,847
    #8,028Giffin4,12474,866

    Who is named Bowyer

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

    91% of people named Bowyer identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bowyers

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Clint Bowyer
      American racecar driver, born 1979
    • Adrian Bowyer
      British engineer, born 1952
    • Taylor Mac
      American performance artist, born 1973

    Notable Bowyers come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Bowyer

    Bowyer has the Soundex code B600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bowyer?
    4,127 people in the United States had the surname Bowyer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,811 Americans. It ranked 8,019th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bowyer?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Bowyer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bowyer?
    Clint Bowyer, American racecar driver, followed by Adrian Bowyer.
    Where is the surname Bowyer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bowyer in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Bowyer?
    Bowyer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Bowyer getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,099 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,127 in 2010, up 0.7%.