How common is the surname Flowers?

57,549 people in the United States had the surname Flowers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,365 Americans. It ranked 578th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Flowers?

Brandon Flowers, American indie rock singer, followed by Tommy Flowers.

Where is the surname Flowers most common?

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

Is the surname Flowers getting more or less common?

More common. 54,277 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 57,549 in 2010, up 6.0%.

The surname Flowers

A surname, carried by 57,549 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F462

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Flowers is more common than 99.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 57,549 people named Flowers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,365 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 54,277.

#578

rank among US surnames

57,549

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+6%

change since 2000 (was #560)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#569	Nash	58,714	5,258
#570	Wilkins	58,634	5,266
#571	Petersen	58,480	5,280
#572	Briggs	58,408	5,286
#573	Shah	58,287	5,297
#574	Roth	58,278	5,298
#575	Nicholson	58,151	5,309

Who is named Flowers

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

53% of people named Flowers identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 53%
Black (not Hispanic) 40%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Flowerss

12 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brandon Flowers
American indie rock singer, born 1981
Tommy Flowers
British engineer, helped to design Colossus during World War II (1905–1998)
Vonetta Flowers
Bobsledder, born 1973
Bess Flowers
American actress (1898–1984)
Tiger Flowers
African-American boxer (1895-1927)
Tyler Flowers
American baseball player, born 1986
Zay Flowers
American football player (born 2000)
Tairia Flowers
American softball player, born 1981
Ruth Flowers
British DJ, 1940–2014
Brandon Flowers
American football player, born 1986
April Flowers
American pornographic actress and erotic dancer, born 1978
Stephen Flowers
American runologist, writer, and occultist, born 1953

Notable Flowerss come mostly from the United States (10) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Flowers

Flowers has the Soundex code F462, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F462.

Questions

How common is the surname Flowers?: 57,549 people in the United States had the surname Flowers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,365 Americans. It ranked 578th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Flowers?: In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Flowers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Flowers?: Brandon Flowers, American indie rock singer, followed by Tommy Flowers.
Where is the surname Flowers most common?: Wikidata records people named Flowers in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Flowers getting more or less common?: More common. 54,277 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 57,549 in 2010, up 6.0%.