How common is the surname Hower?

3,039 people in the United States had the surname Hower in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,594 Americans. It ranked 10,548th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hower?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hower identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hower?

Nancy Hower, American actress and director.

Where is the surname Hower most common?

Wikidata records people named Hower in the United States.

Is the surname Hower getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,064 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,039 in 2010, down 0.8%.

The surname Hower

A surname, carried by 3,039 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hower is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,039 people named Hower in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,594 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,064.

#10,548

rank among US surnames

3,039

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-0.8%

change since 2000 (was #9,736)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,541	Farren	3,042	101,494
#10,545	Ayoub	3,041	101,528
#10,547	Garrick	3,040	101,561
#10,548	Wilkin	3,039	101,594
#10,552	Basler	3,038	101,628
#10,553	Hilty	3,037	101,661

Who is named Hower

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

93% of people named Hower identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Howers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nancy Hower
American actress and director, born 1966

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hower

Hower has the Soundex code H600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H600.

Questions

How common is the surname Hower?: 3,039 people in the United States had the surname Hower in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,594 Americans. It ranked 10,548th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hower?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hower identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hower?: Nancy Hower, American actress and director.
Where is the surname Hower most common?: Wikidata records people named Hower in the United States.
Is the surname Hower getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,064 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,039 in 2010, down 0.8%.