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    The surname Mowrer

    A surname, carried by 1,414 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M660

    Mowrer: #19,200 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mowrer #19,200, 1,414 people Mowrer: #19,200 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mowrer #19,200, 1,414 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mowrer is more common than 88.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,414 people named Mowrer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 218,349 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,418.

    #19,200
    rank among US surnames
    1,414
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #18,120)

    Who is named Mowrer

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

    95% of people named Mowrer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as two or more races and 1.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mowrer

    Mowrer has the Soundex code M660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M660.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Mowrer?
    1,414 people in the United States had the surname Mowrer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,349 Americans. It ranked 19,200th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mowrer?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mowrer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Mowrer getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,418 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,414 in 2010, down 0.3%.