How common is the surname Rowlands?

2,226 people in the United States had the surname Rowlands in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,700 Americans. It ranked 13,612th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rowlands?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rowlands identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rowlands?

Gena Rowlands, American actress (1930–2024), followed by Patsy Rowlands.

Where is the surname Rowlands most common?

Wikidata records people named Rowlands in the United States, the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of England.

Is the surname Rowlands getting more or less common?

More common. 2,116 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,226 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname Rowlands

A surname, carried by 2,226 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R453

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rowlands is more common than 91.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,226 people named Rowlands in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,700 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,116.

#13,612

rank among US surnames

2,226

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #13,229)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,603	Cassity	2,227	138,637
#13,612	Rowlands	2,226	138,700
#13,616	Wootton	2,225	138,762

Who is named Rowlands

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

93% of people named Rowlands identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rowlandss

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gena Rowlands
American actress (1930–2024)
Patsy Rowlands
Actress, singer (1931-2005)
Richard Rowlands
Anglo-Dutch antiquary, publisher, humorist and translator (1550–1640)

Notable Rowlandss come mostly from the United States (1), the United Kingdom (1) and the Kingdom of England (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rowlands

Rowlands has the Soundex code R453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R453.

Questions

How common is the surname Rowlands?: 2,226 people in the United States had the surname Rowlands in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,700 Americans. It ranked 13,612th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rowlands?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rowlands identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rowlands?: Gena Rowlands, American actress (1930–2024), followed by Patsy Rowlands.
Where is the surname Rowlands most common?: Wikidata records people named Rowlands in the United States, the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of England.
Is the surname Rowlands getting more or less common?: More common. 2,116 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,226 in 2010, up 5.2%.