How common is the surname Showers?

5,171 people in the United States had the surname Showers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,707 Americans. It ranked 6,551st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Showers getting more or less common?

More common. 4,980 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,171 in 2010, up 3.8%.

The surname Showers

A surname, carried by 5,171 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Showers is more common than 96% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,171 people named Showers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,707 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,980.

#6,551

rank among US surnames

5,171

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #6,298)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,542	Leffler	5,176	59,649
#6,546	Berglund	5,173	59,684
#6,548	Cannady	5,172	59,696
#6,551	Peppers	5,171	59,707
#6,555	Mak	5,170	59,719
#6,557	Scholz	5,169	59,730
#6,558	Cespedes	5,168	59,742

Who is named Showers

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

72% of people named Showers identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 72%
Black (not Hispanic) 24%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Showers

Showers has the Soundex code S620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S620.

Questions

How common is the surname Showers?: 5,171 people in the United States had the surname Showers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,707 Americans. It ranked 6,551st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Showers?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Showers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Showers getting more or less common?: More common. 4,980 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,171 in 2010, up 3.8%.