How common is the surname Howery?

1,687 people in the United States had the surname Howery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,015 Americans. It ranked 16,887th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Howery?

Lil Rel Howery, American actor (born 1979), followed by Ken Howery.

Where is the surname Howery most common?

Wikidata records people named Howery in the United States.

Is the surname Howery getting more or less common?

More common. 1,598 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,687 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Howery

A surname, carried by 1,687 people in the United States.

3 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). Howery is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,687 people named Howery in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 183,015 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,598.

#16,887

rank among US surnames

1,687

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #16,549)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,881	Locher	1,688	182,906
#16,887	Howery	1,687	183,015
#16,894	Schild	1,686	183,123

Who is named Howery

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

79% of people named Howery identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 2.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Howerys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lil Rel Howery
American actor (born 1979)
Ken Howery
American venture capitalist and US ambassador, born 1975

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Howery

Howery 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 Howery?: 1,687 people in the United States had the surname Howery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,015 Americans. It ranked 16,887th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Howery?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Howery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Howery?: Lil Rel Howery, American actor (born 1979), followed by Ken Howery.
Where is the surname Howery most common?: Wikidata records people named Howery in the United States.
Is the surname Howery getting more or less common?: More common. 1,598 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,687 in 2010, up 5.6%.