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    The surname Rowden

    A surname, carried by 3,202 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R350

    Rowden: #10,068 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rowden #10,068, 3,202 people Rowden: #10,068 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rowden #10,068, 3,202 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rowden is more common than 93.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,202 people named Rowden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,423 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,128.

    #10,068
    rank among US surnames
    3,202
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #9,531)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,059Wesolowski3,20496,363
    #10,064O'Brian3,20396,393
    #10,068Creager3,20296,423
    #10,072Cranston3,20096,483
    #10,075Nemec3,19996,513

    Who is named Rowden

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

    85% of people named Rowden identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rowden

    Rowden has the Soundex code R350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R350.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rowden?
    3,202 people in the United States had the surname Rowden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,423 Americans. It ranked 10,068th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rowden?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Rowden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Rowden getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,128 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,202 in 2010, up 2.4%.