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    The surname Rowsey

    A surname, carried by 1,222 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R200

    Rowsey: #21,403 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rowsey #21,403, 1,222 people Rowsey: #21,403 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rowsey #21,403, 1,222 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rowsey is more common than 86.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,222 people named Rowsey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 252,656 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,140.

    #21,403
    rank among US surnames
    1,222
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.2%
    change since 2000 (was #21,395)

    Who is named Rowsey

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

    78% of people named Rowsey identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • 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 Rowsey

    Rowsey has the Soundex code R200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rowsey?
    1,222 people in the United States had the surname Rowsey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 252,656 Americans. It ranked 21,403rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rowsey?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Rowsey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Rowsey getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,140 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,222 in 2010, up 7.2%.