How common is the surname Sowers?

10,198 people in the United States had the surname Sowers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,275 Americans. It ranked 3,504th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Sowers getting more or less common?

More common. 9,977 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,198 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Sowers

A surname, carried by 10,198 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sowers is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

Named to someone who sows.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,198 people named Sowers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,275 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,977.

#3,504

rank among US surnames

10,198

people in 2010

3.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,296)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,495	McCallum	10,229	30,183
#3,496	Neil	10,228	30,186
#3,497	Leger	10,221	30,207
#3,498	Wayne	10,215	30,225
#3,499	Mendenhall	10,213	30,231
#3,502	Dorn	10,206	30,251
#3,503	Tavarez	10,201	30,266

Who is named Sowers

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

93% of people named Sowers identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sowers

Sowers has the Soundex code S620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S620.

Questions

Where does the surname Sowers come from?: Named to someone who sows.
How common is the surname Sowers?: 10,198 people in the United States had the surname Sowers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,275 Americans. It ranked 3,504th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sowers?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Sowers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Sowers getting more or less common?: More common. 9,977 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,198 in 2010, up 2.2%.