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    The surname Gowans

    A surname, carried by 1,100 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G520

    Gowans: #23,185 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gowans #23,185, 1,100 people Gowans: #23,185 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gowans #23,185, 1,100 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gowans is more common than 85.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,100 people named Gowans in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 280,678 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 998.

    #23,185
    rank among US surnames
    1,100
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.2%
    change since 2000 (was #23,683)

    Who is named Gowans

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

    57% of people named Gowans identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 57%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gowans

    Gowans has the Soundex code G520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gowans?
    1,100 people in the United States had the surname Gowans in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 280,678 Americans. It ranked 23,185th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gowans?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Gowans identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gowans getting more or less common?
    More common. 998 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,100 in 2010, up 10%.