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    The surname Flower

    An occupational surname, carried by 3,711 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F460

    Flower: #8,828 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Flower #8,828, 3,711 people Flower: #8,828 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Flower #8,828, 3,711 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Flower is more common than 94.6% of them.

    Origin

    * 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.

    Flower 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 3,711 people named Flower in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,197 Americans. That is down 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,753.

    #8,828
    rank among US surnames
    3,711
    people in 2010
    1.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #8,136)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,822Molitor3,71283,175
    #8,828Wolverton3,71183,197
    #8,832Mistry3,71083,220
    #8,834Stiltner3,70983,242

    Who is named Flower

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

    84% of people named Flower identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Flowers

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • George Buck Flower
      American actor and director, 1937–2004
    • Roswell Pettibone Flower
      American politician (1835-1899)
    • Jessie Flower
      American actress, born 1994

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Flower

    Flower has the Soundex code F460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F460.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Flower come from?
    * 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.
    How common is the surname Flower?
    3,711 people in the United States had the surname Flower in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,197 Americans. It ranked 8,828th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Flower?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Flower identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Flower?
    George Buck Flower, American actor and director, followed by Roswell Pettibone Flower.
    Where is the surname Flower most common?
    Wikidata records people named Flower in the United States.
    What type of surname is Flower?
    Flower is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Flower getting more or less common?
    Less common. 3,753 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,711 in 2010, down 1.1%.