How common is the surname Howes?

6,828 people in the United States had the surname Howes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,218 Americans. It ranked 5,125th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Howes?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Howes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Howes?

Sally Ann Howes, British actor and singer (1930–2021), followed by Alex Howes.

Where is the surname Howes most common?

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

Is the surname Howes getting more or less common?

More common. 6,652 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,828 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Howes

A surname, carried by 6,828 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Howes is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,828 people named Howes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,218 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,652.

#5,125

rank among US surnames

6,828

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #4,840)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,116	Dalrymple	6,843	45,118
#5,117	Bice	6,841	45,132
#5,118	Philips	6,840	45,138
#5,119	Yarborough	6,839	45,145
#5,121	Pounds	6,838	45,151
#5,122	Flagg	6,834	45,178
#5,123	Bonham	6,832	45,191

Who is named Howes

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

93% of people named Howes identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Howess

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sally Ann Howes
British actor and singer (1930–2021)
Alex Howes
American road cyclist, born 1988
Thomas Howes
British actor and musician, born 1985

Notable Howess come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Howes

Howes has the Soundex code H200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H200.

Questions

Where does the surname Howes come from?: English surname, pronounced to rhyme with Hose, itself a variant of Howe with excrescent -s.
How common is the surname Howes?: 6,828 people in the United States had the surname Howes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,218 Americans. It ranked 5,125th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Howes?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Howes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Howes?: Sally Ann Howes, British actor and singer (1930–2021), followed by Alex Howes.
Where is the surname Howes most common?: Wikidata records people named Howes in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Howes getting more or less common?: More common. 6,652 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,828 in 2010, up 2.6%.