How common is the surname Sowa?

2,729 people in the United States had the surname Sowa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,135 Americans. It ranked 11,524th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sowa?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Sowa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sowa?

John F. Sowa, artificial intelligence researcher.

Where is the surname Sowa most common?

Wikidata records people named Sowa in the United States.

Is the surname Sowa getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,830 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,729 in 2010, down 3.6%.

The surname Sowa

A Polish surname, carried by 2,729 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sowa is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

From Polish Sowa, from Polish sowa (“owl”).

One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,729 people named Sowa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 113,135 Americans. That is down 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,830.

#11,524

rank among US surnames

2,729

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-3.6%

change since 2000 (was #10,432)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,516	Sublett	2,731	113,052
#11,522	Truett	2,730	113,094
#11,524	Steffes	2,729	113,135
#11,529	Easterday	2,728	113,177

Who is named Sowa

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

93% of people named Sowa identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
Two or more races 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sowas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John F. Sowa
Artificial intelligence researcher, born 1940

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Sova

Surnames that sound like Sowa

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

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sowa come from?: From Polish Sowa, from Polish sowa (“owl”).
How common is the surname Sowa?: 2,729 people in the United States had the surname Sowa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,135 Americans. It ranked 11,524th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sowa?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Sowa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sowa?: John F. Sowa, artificial intelligence researcher.
Where is the surname Sowa most common?: Wikidata records people named Sowa in the United States.
Is the surname Sowa getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,830 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,729 in 2010, down 3.6%.
What are other spellings of Sowa?: Sova.