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    The surname Fowles

    A surname, carried by 1,695 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F420

    Fowles: #16,839 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fowles #16,839, 1,695 people Fowles: #16,839 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fowles #16,839, 1,695 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fowles is more common than 89.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,695 people named Fowles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 182,151 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,443.

    #16,839
    rank among US surnames
    1,695
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.5%
    change since 2000 (was #17,884)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,833Kaser1,696182,043
    #16,839Sowinski1,695182,151
    #16,848Stoehr1,694182,258

    Who is named Fowles

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

    84% of people named Fowles identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Fowless

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sylvia Fowles
      American basketball player (born 1985)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fowles

    Fowles has the Soundex code F420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Fowles?
    1,695 people in the United States had the surname Fowles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,151 Americans. It ranked 16,839th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fowles?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Fowles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Fowles?
    Sylvia Fowles, American basketball player (born 1985).
    Where is the surname Fowles most common?
    Wikidata records people named Fowles in the United States.
    Is the surname Fowles getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,443 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,695 in 2010, up 18%.