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    The surname Gowdy

    A surname, carried by 2,276 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G300

    Gowdy: #13,383 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gowdy #13,383, 2,276 people Gowdy: #13,383 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gowdy #13,383, 2,276 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gowdy is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,276 people named Gowdy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,653 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,171.

    #13,383
    rank among US surnames
    2,276
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.8%
    change since 2000 (was #12,955)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,375Picone2,278135,534
    #13,376Ferland2,277135,593
    #13,383Gunnell2,276135,653
    #13,391Syverson2,275135,712

    Who is named Gowdy

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

    57% of people named Gowdy identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 57%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 38%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Gowdys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Trey Gowdy
      American politician and political commentator, born 1964

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gowdy

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gowdy?
    2,276 people in the United States had the surname Gowdy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,653 Americans. It ranked 13,383rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gowdy?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Gowdy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Gowdy?
    Trey Gowdy, American politician and political commentator.
    Where is the surname Gowdy most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gowdy in the United States.
    Is the surname Gowdy getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,171 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,276 in 2010, up 4.8%.