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    The surname Nowlin

    A surname, carried by 6,692 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N450

    Nowlin: #5,216 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nowlin #5,216, 6,692 people Nowlin: #5,216 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nowlin #5,216, 6,692 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nowlin is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,692 people named Nowlin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,137 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,492.

    #5,216
    rank among US surnames
    6,692
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.1%
    change since 2000 (was #4,967)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,212Mandel6,70346,061
    #5,213Ison6,69746,102
    #5,215Stott6,69346,130
    #5,216Nowlin6,69246,137

    Who is named Nowlin

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

    71% of people named Nowlin identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 71%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Nowlins

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Annie Nowlin Savery
      American suffragist and philanthropist, 1831–1891

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Nowlin

    Nowlin has the Soundex code N450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N450.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Nowlin?
    6,692 people in the United States had the surname Nowlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,137 Americans. It ranked 5,216th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nowlin?
    In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Nowlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Nowlin?
    Annie Nowlin Savery, American suffragist and philanthropist.
    Where is the surname Nowlin most common?
    Wikidata records people named Nowlin in the United States.
    Is the surname Nowlin getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,492 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,692 in 2010, up 3.1%.