# Flower (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/flower/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,711 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,828 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 83,197 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.1% (3,753 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an occupational English surname, from the noun flower, and sometimes flour. * Also as an English surname, from Middle English flo (“arrow”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Floor, itself from the noun floor. * As a Welsh surname, Anglicized from Llywarch.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Flower 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) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Flower in the United States.

## People named Flower

- George Buck Flower, American actor and director
- Roswell Pettibone Flower, American politician (1835-1899)
- Jessie Flower, American actress

## Similar surnames

Fowler, Flora, Flory, Fleury, Florio, Filer, Flohr, Flor, Florea, Fuller, Feller, Faller.

## 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.