How common is the surname Fowler?

104,515 people in the United States had the surname Fowler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,954 Americans. It ranked 299th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Fowler?

William Alfred Fowler, American nuclear physicist (1911-1995), followed by Karen Joy Fowler.

Where is the surname Fowler most common?

Wikidata records people named Fowler in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 1 other country.

How do you pronounce Fowler?

Fowler is /ˈfaʊlɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Fowler getting more or less common?

More common. 102,620 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 104,515 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Fowler

An occupational surname, carried by 104,515 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈfaʊlɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex F460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fowler is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

From fowler. The medical term is named after Dr. George Ryerson Fowler, the German surgeon developer of the position.

Fowler 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 104,515 people named Fowler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 2,954 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 102,620.

#299

rank among US surnames

104,515

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #267)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#290	Yang	106,033	2,912
#291	Little	105,936	2,914
#292	Banks	105,833	2,917
#293	Padilla	105,365	2,930
#294	Day	105,091	2,938
#295	Walsh	105,079	2,938
#296	Bowman	105,007	2,940

Who is named Fowler

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

81% of people named Fowler identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fowlers

37 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Alfred Fowler
American nuclear physicist (1911-1995)
Karen Joy Fowler
American novelist, short story writer, editor, born 1950
Alfred Fowler
British astronomer (1868-1940)
Jeff Fowler
American filmmaker, born 1978
Mary Fowler
Australian soccer player, born 2003
Beth Fowler
American actress and singer, born 1940
Henry Weed Fowler
American zoologist (1878–1965)
Calvin Fowler
Basketball player (1940-2013)
Dexter Fowler
American baseball player (born 1986)
Henry H. Fowler
American lawyer and politician (1908-2000)
Wyche Fowler
American politician and ambassador, born 1940
James W. Fowler
American psychologist (1940–2015)

Notable Fowlers come mostly from the United States (31), the United Kingdom (4) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Fowler

Fowler 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 Fowler come from?: From fowler. The medical term is named after Dr. George Ryerson Fowler, the German surgeon developer of the position.
How common is the surname Fowler?: 104,515 people in the United States had the surname Fowler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,954 Americans. It ranked 299th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fowler?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Fowler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Fowler?: William Alfred Fowler, American nuclear physicist (1911-1995), followed by Karen Joy Fowler.
Where is the surname Fowler most common?: Wikidata records people named Fowler in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Fowler?: Fowler is /ˈfaʊlɚ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Fowler?: Fowler is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Fowler getting more or less common?: More common. 102,620 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 104,515 in 2010, up 1.8%.