# Fowers (surname)

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

A surname from Old French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 651 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,707 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 474,263 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.5% (629 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Status surname, from Old French fouuer, itself from Latin focārius (“hearth-keeper”). Compare modern French foyer.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fowers 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Similar surnames

Fears, Forshee, Forshey, Farris, Ferris, Frias, Farias, Frick, Fries, Freese, Faris, Fraga.

## 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.