How common is the surname Gowan?

2,941 people in the United States had the surname Gowan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,980 Americans. It ranked 10,829th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Gowan getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,968 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,941 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Gowan

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 2,941 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gowan is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Shortened form of McGowan.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,941 people named Gowan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,980 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,968.

#10,829

rank among US surnames

2,941

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #10,018)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,822	Sanon	2,943	104,908
#10,826	Barillas	2,942	104,944
#10,829	Nault	2,941	104,980
#10,834	Tullos	2,940	105,015
#10,835	Woolridge	2,939	105,051
#10,837	Menon	2,938	105,087

Who is named Gowan

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

91% of people named Gowan identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gowan

Gowan has the Soundex code G500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G500.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gowan come from?: Shortened form of McGowan.
How common is the surname Gowan?: 2,941 people in the United States had the surname Gowan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,980 Americans. It ranked 10,829th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gowan?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Gowan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Gowan getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,968 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,941 in 2010, down 0.9%.