How common is the surname Sowders?

1,716 people in the United States had the surname Sowders in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,922 Americans. It ranked 16,687th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sowders?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sowders identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Sowders getting more or less common?

More common. 1,644 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,716 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Sowders

A surname, carried by 1,716 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S362

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sowders is more common than 89.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,716 people named Sowders in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 179,922 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,644.

#16,687

rank among US surnames

1,716

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #16,168)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,679	Kurowski	1,717	179,817
#16,687	Fralick	1,716	179,922
#16,696	Lorence	1,715	180,027

Who is named Sowders

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

95% of people named Sowders identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Two or more races 1.1%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sowders

Sowders has the Soundex code S362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S362.

Questions

How common is the surname Sowders?: 1,716 people in the United States had the surname Sowders in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,922 Americans. It ranked 16,687th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sowders?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sowders identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Sowders getting more or less common?: More common. 1,644 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,716 in 2010, up 4.4%.