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    The surname Rowles

    A surname, carried by 3,286 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R420

    Rowles: #9,846 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rowles #9,846, 3,286 people Rowles: #9,846 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rowles #9,846, 3,286 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rowles is more common than 93.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,286 people named Rowles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,958 Americans. That is up 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,038.

    #9,846
    rank among US surnames
    3,286
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.2%
    change since 2000 (was #9,822)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,839Riccardi3,28993,872
    #9,844Schuetz3,28893,901
    #9,845Buzzard3,28793,929
    #9,846Mosquera3,28693,958
    #9,848Cavalier3,28593,986
    #9,850Bittle3,28494,015
    #9,853Morello3,28394,044

    Who is named Rowles

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

    87% of people named Rowles identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.2%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rowless

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kye Rowles
      Australian association football player, born 1998

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rowles

    Rowles has the Soundex code R420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rowles?
    3,286 people in the United States had the surname Rowles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,958 Americans. It ranked 9,846th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rowles?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Rowles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rowles?
    Kye Rowles, Australian association football player.
    Where is the surname Rowles most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rowles in Australia.
    Is the surname Rowles getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,038 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,286 in 2010, up 8.2%.