How common is the surname Rowe?

69,879 people in the United States had the surname Rowe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,418 Americans. It ranked 478th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Rowe?

Mike Rowe, American television personality, followed by Brad Rowe.

Where is the surname Rowe most common?

Wikidata records people named Rowe in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 1 other country.

Is the surname Rowe getting more or less common?

More common. 66,205 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 69,879 in 2010, up 5.5%.

The surname Rowe

An English surname, carried by 69,879 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ɹoʊ/ 1 syllable Soundex R000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rowe is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

* As an English surname, from Middle English Rowe, from the noun row. Compare Rew and Rawe. * Also as an English surname, variant of Rolfe, Rough, Ralph, Rowson.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 69,879 people named Rowe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,418 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 66,205.

#478

rank among US surnames

69,879

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+5.5%

change since 2000 (was #452)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#469	Sherman	70,502	4,379
#470	Hubbard	70,362	4,388
#471	Hodges	70,223	4,397
#472	Zhang	70,125	4,403
#473	Guerra	70,071	4,406
#474	Wolf	70,031	4,409
#475	Valencia	70,000	4,411

Who is named Rowe

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

79% of people named Rowe identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rowes

17 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mike Rowe
American television personality, born 1962
Brad Rowe
American actor, born 1970
Raymond Rowe
American professional wrestler, born 1984
Charlie Rowe
British actor, born 1996
Kelyn Rowe
American soccer player, born 1991
Jennifer Rowe
Australian fiction writer, for children as Emily Rodda (pseudonym), mystery for adults as , born 1948
Nicholas Rowe
British actor, born 1966
Curtis Rowe
American basketball player (born 1949)
Paul Rowe
American ice hockey player (1914-1993)
William L. Rowe
American philosopher (1931-2015)
Brian Rowe
American soccer player, born 1988
Colin Rowe
British-born, American-naturalised architectural historian, critic, theoretician, and teac, 1920–1999

Notable Rowes come mostly from the United States (10), the United Kingdom (4) and Australia (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rowe

Rowe has the Soundex code R000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R000.

Other English surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Rowe come from?: * As an English surname, from Middle English Rowe, from the noun row. Compare Rew and Rawe. * Also as an English surname, variant of Rolfe, Rough, Ralph, Rowson.
How common is the surname Rowe?: 69,879 people in the United States had the surname Rowe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,418 Americans. It ranked 478th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rowe?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Rowe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Rowe?: Mike Rowe, American television personality, followed by Brad Rowe.
Where is the surname Rowe most common?: Wikidata records people named Rowe in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Rowe?: Rowe is /ɹoʊ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Rowe getting more or less common?: More common. 66,205 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 69,879 in 2010, up 5.5%.