# Sowder (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sowder/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,494 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,447 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 123,795 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.4% (2,412 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

German surname, Americanized from Sauder, Sauter.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sowder in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Similar surnames

Souder, Seder, Souter, Sader, Swider, Starr, Story, Storey, Sutter, Suter, Sauter, Stroh.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.