How common is the surname Sowder?

2,494 people in the United States had the surname Sowder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,795 Americans. It ranked 12,447th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Sowder getting more or less common?

More common. 2,412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,494 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Sowder

A surname, carried by 2,494 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sowder is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

German surname, Americanized from Sauder, Sauter.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,494 people named Sowder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,795 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,412.

#12,447

rank among US surnames

2,494

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #11,884)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,440	Tobler	2,497	123,647
#12,444	Cournoyer	2,496	123,696
#12,447	Coady	2,494	123,795
#12,452	Karlin	2,493	123,845
#12,454	Evert	2,492	123,895

Who is named Sowder

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

97% of people named Sowder identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as two or more races and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sowder

Sowder has the Soundex code S360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S360.

Questions

Where does the surname Sowder come from?: German surname, Americanized from Sauder, Sauter.
How common is the surname Sowder?: 2,494 people in the United States had the surname Sowder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,795 Americans. It ranked 12,447th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sowder?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Sowder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as two or more races.
Is the surname Sowder getting more or less common?: More common. 2,412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,494 in 2010, up 3.4%.