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    The surname Gowin

    A surname, carried by 1,878 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G500

    Gowin: #15,571 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gowin #15,571, 1,878 people Gowin: #15,571 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gowin #15,571, 1,878 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gowin is more common than 90.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,878 people named Gowin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 164,401 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,674.

    #15,571
    rank among US surnames
    1,878
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.2%
    change since 2000 (was #15,942)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,564Bommarito1,879164,314
    #15,571Cannata1,878164,401
    #15,579Pech1,877164,489

    Who is named Gowin

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

    93% of people named Gowin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gowin

    Gowin 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 Gowin?
    1,878 people in the United States had the surname Gowin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 164,401 Americans. It ranked 15,571st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gowin?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Gowin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Gowin getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,674 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,878 in 2010, up 12%.