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    The surname Gowda

    A Kannada surname, carried by 858 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G300

    Gowda: #27,950 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Gowda #27,950, 858 people Gowda: #27,950 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Gowda #27,950, 858 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gowda is more common than 82.8% of them.

    Origin

    Kannada origin

    Borrowed from Kannada ಗೌಡ (gauḍa); this surname is predominantly found in Karnataka.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 858 people named Gowda in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 359,843 Americans. That is up 138% since 2000, when the Census counted 361.

    #27,950
    rank among US surnames
    858
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +137.7%
    change since 2000 (was #53,659)

    Who is named Gowda

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

    93% of people named Gowda identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.1%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gowda

    Gowda has the Soundex code G300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G300.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gowda come from?
    Borrowed from Kannada ಗೌಡ (gauḍa); this surname is predominantly found in Karnataka.
    How common is the surname Gowda?
    858 people in the United States had the surname Gowda in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 359,843 Americans. It ranked 27,950th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gowda?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Gowda identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gowda getting more or less common?
    More common. 361 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 858 in 2010, up 138%.