How common is the surname Showalter?

8,786 people in the United States had the surname Showalter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,141 Americans. It ranked 4,044th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Showalter?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Showalter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Showalter?

Elaine Showalter, American literary critic, feminist, and writer on cultural and social issues, followed by Max Showalter.

Where is the surname Showalter most common?

Wikidata records people named Showalter in the United States.

Is the surname Showalter getting more or less common?

More common. 8,427 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,786 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Showalter

A German surname, carried by 8,786 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Showalter is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

Variant of Schowalter.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,786 people named Showalter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,141 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,427.

#4,044

rank among US surnames

8,786

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,869)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,035	Southard	8,808	35,053
#4,036	Basham	8,806	35,061
#4,037	D'Angelo	8,802	35,077
#4,038	Raney	8,801	35,081
#4,039	Lehmann	8,799	35,089
#4,040	Worthy	8,795	35,105
#4,041	Langdon	8,794	35,109

Who is named Showalter

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

95% of people named Showalter identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Showalters

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Elaine Showalter
American literary critic, feminist, and writer on cultural and social issues, born 1941
Max Showalter
American actor (1917-2000)
Michael Showalter
American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (born 1970)
Jackson Showalter
American chess player (1860–1935)
Mark Robert Showalter
American astronomer, born 1957

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Showalter

Showalter has the Soundex code S436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S436.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Showalter come from?: Variant of Schowalter.
How common is the surname Showalter?: 8,786 people in the United States had the surname Showalter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,141 Americans. It ranked 4,044th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Showalter?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Showalter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Showalter?: Elaine Showalter, American literary critic, feminist, and writer on cultural and social issues, followed by Max Showalter.
Where is the surname Showalter most common?: Wikidata records people named Showalter in the United States.
Is the surname Showalter getting more or less common?: More common. 8,427 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,786 in 2010, up 4.3%.