How common is the surname Dowler?

2,364 people in the United States had the surname Dowler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,603 Americans. It ranked 12,986th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dowler?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dowler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Dowler getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,381 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,364 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Dowler

A surname, carried by 2,364 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dowler is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,364 people named Dowler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,603 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,381.

#12,986

rank among US surnames

2,364

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #12,035)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,978	Cron	2,366	130,493
#12,981	Moor	2,365	130,548
#12,986	Golub	2,364	130,603
#12,994	Beringer	2,363	130,658

Who is named Dowler

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

94% of people named Dowler identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dowler

Dollar

Dowler has the Soundex code D460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D460.

Questions

How common is the surname Dowler?: 2,364 people in the United States had the surname Dowler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,603 Americans. It ranked 12,986th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dowler?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dowler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Dowler getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,381 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,364 in 2010, down 0.7%.