How common is the surname Mowbray?

1,681 people in the United States had the surname Mowbray in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,668 Americans. It ranked 16,926th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mowbray?

Alan Mowbray, British actor (1896-1969), followed by Henry Siddons Mowbray.

Where is the surname Mowbray most common?

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

Is the surname Mowbray getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,798 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,681 in 2010, down 6.5%.

The surname Mowbray

A French place surname, carried by 1,681 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mowbray is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

French origin

English habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Montbray, in Normandy. The name of the village comes from Old French mont (“hill”) + brai (“mud, slime”).

Mowbray is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,681 people named Mowbray in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 183,668 Americans. That is down 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,798.

#16,926

rank among US surnames

1,681

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-6.5%

change since 2000 (was #15,052)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,917	Dudgeon	1,683	183,450
#16,919	Schroyer	1,682	183,559
#16,926	Bashore	1,681	183,668
#16,933	Morena	1,680	183,777

Who is named Mowbray

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

91% of people named Mowbray identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mowbrays

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alan Mowbray
British actor (1896-1969)
Henry Siddons Mowbray
American painter (1858-1928)

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Mulberry

Mowbray has the Soundex code M160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M160.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mowbray come from?: English habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Montbray, in Normandy. The name of the village comes from Old French mont (“hill”) + brai (“mud, slime”).
How common is the surname Mowbray?: 1,681 people in the United States had the surname Mowbray in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,668 Americans. It ranked 16,926th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mowbray?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Mowbray identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mowbray?: Alan Mowbray, British actor (1896-1969), followed by Henry Siddons Mowbray.
Where is the surname Mowbray most common?: Wikidata records people named Mowbray in the United Kingdom and the United States.
What type of surname is Mowbray?: Mowbray is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Mowbray getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,798 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,681 in 2010, down 6.5%.
What are other spellings of Mowbray?: Mulberry.