How common is the surname Rowen?

1,910 people in the United States had the surname Rowen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,647 Americans. It ranked 15,355th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Rowen getting more or less common?

More common. 1,798 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,910 in 2010, up 6.2%.

Is Rowen also a first name?

Yes. Rowen is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Rowen

An English place surname, carried by 1,910 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R500 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rowen is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Middle English rown (“rowan tree”).

Rowen is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 1,910 people named Rowen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,647 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,798.

#15,355

rank among US surnames

1,910

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+6.2%

change since 2000 (was #15,052)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,347	McMiller	1,911	161,562
#15,355	Lisi	1,910	161,647
#15,363	Delany	1,909	161,732

Who is named Rowen

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

90% of people named Rowen identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rowen

Rowen has the Soundex code R500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R500.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Rowen come from?: From Middle English rown (“rowan tree”).
How common is the surname Rowen?: 1,910 people in the United States had the surname Rowen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,647 Americans. It ranked 15,355th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rowen?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Rowen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Rowen?: Rowen is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Rowen getting more or less common?: More common. 1,798 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,910 in 2010, up 6.2%.
Is Rowen also a first name?: Yes. Rowen is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.