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    The surname Mower

    An occupational surname, carried by 3,336 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M600

    Mower: #9,722 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mower #9,722, 3,336 people Mower: #9,722 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mower #9,722, 3,336 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mower is more common than 94% of them.

    Origin

    A surname originating as an occupation for a mower of hay.

    Mower is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,336 people named Mower in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,550 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,215.

    #9,722
    rank among US surnames
    3,336
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.8%
    change since 2000 (was #9,310)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,716Haskin3,33992,466
    #9,720Mandell3,33792,522
    #9,722Mower3,33692,550
    #9,727Nevels3,33592,577
    #9,728Vale3,33492,605
    #9,730Suttle3,33392,633

    Who is named Mower

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

    95% of people named Mower identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Mowers

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jack Mower
      Actor (1890-1965)
    • Liam Mower
      British actor and dancer, born 1992

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Mower

    Mower has the Soundex code M600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Mower?
    3,336 people in the United States had the surname Mower in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,550 Americans. It ranked 9,722nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mower?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mower identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Mower?
    Jack Mower, actor (1890-1965), followed by Liam Mower.
    Where is the surname Mower most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mower in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Mower?
    Mower is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Mower getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,215 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,336 in 2010, up 3.8%.
    What are other spellings of Mower?
    Mawer and Mowers.