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    The surname Gowen

    A surname, carried by 3,186 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G500

    Gowen: #10,114 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gowen #10,114, 3,186 people Gowen: #10,114 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gowen #10,114, 3,186 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gowen is more common than 93.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,186 people named Gowen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,907 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,157.

    #10,114
    rank among US surnames
    3,186
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.9%
    change since 2000 (was #9,450)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,107Calabro3,18796,877
    #10,114Burman3,18696,907
    #10,119Hilt3,18596,937
    #10,122Ludwick3,18496,968

    Who is named Gowen

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

    94% of people named Gowen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Gowens

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Zach Gowen
      American professional wrestler, born 1983

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gowen

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gowen?
    3,186 people in the United States had the surname Gowen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,907 Americans. It ranked 10,114th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gowen?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gowen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Gowen?
    Zach Gowen, American professional wrestler.
    Where is the surname Gowen most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gowen in the United States.
    Is the surname Gowen getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,157 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,186 in 2010, up 0.9%.