How common is the surname Sow?

1,984 people in the United States had the surname Sow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,618 Americans. It ranked 14,920th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sow?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Sow identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Sow getting more or less common?

More common. 627 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,984 in 2010, up 216%.

The surname Sow

A surname, carried by 1,984 people in the United States.

Pronounced /saʊ/ 1 syllable Soundex S000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sow is more common than 90.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,984 people named Sow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 155,618 Americans. That is up 216% since 2000, when the Census counted 627.

#14,920

rank among US surnames

1,984

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+216.4%

change since 2000 (was #34,210)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,913	Anger	1,985	155,539
#14,920	Laurel	1,984	155,618

Who is named Sow

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

92% of people named Sow identified as Black (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.1% as white (not Hispanic).

Black (not Hispanic) 92%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%
White (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sow

Sow has the Soundex code S000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S000.

Questions

How common is the surname Sow?: 1,984 people in the United States had the surname Sow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,618 Americans. It ranked 14,920th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sow?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Sow identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
How do you pronounce Sow?: Sow is /saʊ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Sow getting more or less common?: More common. 627 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,984 in 2010, up 216%.