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    The surname Fowers

    A French surname, carried by 651 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F620

    Fowers: #34,707 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Fowers #34,707, 651 people Fowers: #34,707 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Fowers #34,707, 651 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fowers is more common than 78.6% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

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

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 651 people named Fowers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 474,263 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 629.

    #34,707
    rank among US surnames
    651
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #34,114)

    Who is named Fowers

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

    94% of people named Fowers identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fowers

    Fowers has the Soundex code F620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F620.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Fowers come from?
    Status surname, from Old French fouuer, itself from Latin focārius (“hearth-keeper”). Compare modern French foyer.
    How common is the surname Fowers?
    651 people in the United States had the surname Fowers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 474,263 Americans. It ranked 34,707th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fowers?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Fowers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Fowers getting more or less common?
    More common. 629 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 651 in 2010, up 3.5%.