# Idowu (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/idowu/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Yoruba.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Yoruba |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 633 |
| US rank (2010) | 35,537 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 487,750 people |
| Change since 2000 | +77% (358 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba Ìdòwú (“A child born after twins”). This is the most common surname in Ogun State.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Idowu 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) | 1.1% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Idowu in the United States.

## People named Idowu

- Elayne Arrington, American mathematician and engineer

## Similar surnames

Ito, Ide, Ida.

## 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.