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    The surname Nowland

    A surname, carried by 1,133 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N453

    Nowland: #22,646 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nowland #22,646, 1,133 people Nowland: #22,646 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nowland #22,646, 1,133 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nowland is more common than 86% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,133 people named Nowland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 272,503 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,078.

    #22,646
    rank among US surnames
    1,133
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.1%
    change since 2000 (was #22,304)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #22,637Prato1,134272,262
    #22,646DiVincenzo1,133272,503

    Who is named Nowland

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

    94% of people named Nowland identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Nowland

    Nowland has the Soundex code N453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N453.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Nowland?
    1,133 people in the United States had the surname Nowland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 272,503 Americans. It ranked 22,646th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nowland?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Nowland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
    Is the surname Nowland getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,078 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,133 in 2010, up 5.1%.