How common is the surname Mowen?

1,277 people in the United States had the surname Mowen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,774 Americans. It ranked 20,709th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mowen?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Mowen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Mowen getting more or less common?

More common. 1,265 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,277 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Mowen

A surname, carried by 1,277 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mowen is more common than 87.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,277 people named Mowen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 241,774 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,265.

#20,709

rank among US surnames

1,277

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #19,710)

Who is named Mowen

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

96% of people named Mowen identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mowen

Mowen has the Soundex code M500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M500.

Questions

How common is the surname Mowen?: 1,277 people in the United States had the surname Mowen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,774 Americans. It ranked 20,709th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mowen?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Mowen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Mowen getting more or less common?: More common. 1,265 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,277 in 2010, up 0.9%.