How common is the surname Sowards?

3,420 people in the United States had the surname Sowards in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,276 Americans. It ranked 9,503rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sowards?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sowards identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sowards?

Jack B. Sowards, American screenwriter (1929-2007).

Where is the surname Sowards most common?

Wikidata records people named Sowards in the United States.

Is the surname Sowards getting more or less common?

More common. 3,403 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,420 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Sowards

A surname, carried by 3,420 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sowards is more common than 94.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,420 people named Sowards in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,276 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,403.

#9,503

rank among US surnames

3,420

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #8,853)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,495	Kettler	3,424	90,171
#9,496	Gaughan	3,423	90,197
#9,501	Beery	3,421	90,250
#9,503	Naugle	3,420	90,276
#9,506	Mosely	3,419	90,303
#9,510	Ogilvie	3,418	90,329
#9,511	Thibeault	3,417	90,356

Who is named Sowards

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

94% of people named Sowards identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sowardss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jack B. Sowards
American screenwriter (1929-2007)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sowards

Sowards has the Soundex code S632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S632.

Questions

How common is the surname Sowards?: 3,420 people in the United States had the surname Sowards in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,276 Americans. It ranked 9,503rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sowards?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sowards identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sowards?: Jack B. Sowards, American screenwriter (1929-2007).
Where is the surname Sowards most common?: Wikidata records people named Sowards in the United States.
Is the surname Sowards getting more or less common?: More common. 3,403 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,420 in 2010, up 0.5%.