How common is the surname Mowry?

4,793 people in the United States had the surname Mowry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,416 Americans. It ranked 6,989th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mowry?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Mowry identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Mowry?

Tia Mowry, American actress (born 1978), followed by Tamera Mowry.

Where is the surname Mowry most common?

Wikidata records people named Mowry in the United States.

Is the surname Mowry getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,842 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,793 in 2010, down 1.0%.

The surname Mowry

A surname, carried by 4,793 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mowry is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,793 people named Mowry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,416 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,842.

#6,989

rank among US surnames

4,793

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

-1%

change since 2000 (was #6,467)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,980	Gilbreath	4,804	64,268
#6,982	Herd	4,803	64,282
#6,983	O'Meara	4,801	64,309
#6,984	Corso	4,798	64,349
#6,985	Eberly	4,796	64,376
#6,987	Sidhu	4,795	64,389
#6,988	Ewell	4,794	64,402

Who is named Mowry

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

96% of people named Mowry identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mowrys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tia Mowry
American actress (born 1978)
Tamera Mowry
American actress and television personality, born 1978
Tahj Mowry
American actor and singer, born 1987

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mowry

Mowry 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 Mowry?: 4,793 people in the United States had the surname Mowry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,416 Americans. It ranked 6,989th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mowry?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Mowry identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Mowry?: Tia Mowry, American actress (born 1978), followed by Tamera Mowry.
Where is the surname Mowry most common?: Wikidata records people named Mowry in the United States.
Is the surname Mowry getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,842 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,793 in 2010, down 1.0%.