# Howes (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/howes/  
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) | 6,828 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,125 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 45,218 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (6,652 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English surname, pronounced to rhyme with Hose, itself a variant of Howe with excrescent -s.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Howes 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) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Howes in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Howes

- Sally Ann Howes, British actor and singer (1930–2021)
- Alex Howes, American road cyclist
- Thomas Howes, British actor and musician

## Similar surnames

Hawes, Hewes, House, Hoke, Howze, Hoss, Hoge, Hose, Howse, Hoose, Hayes, Hicks.

## 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.