# Gower (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gower/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,554 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,317 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 47,108 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.3% (6,469 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡaʊɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gower in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gower in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Gower

- Andre Gower, American actor
- Anne Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland, British duchess (1829–1888)

## Similar surnames

Gore, Gray, Guerra, Gary, Garay, Grey, Geary, Geer, Geyer, Grau, Grow, Guyer.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.