How common is the surname Towe?

2,877 people in the United States had the surname Towe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,315 Americans. It ranked 11,051st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Towe?

Monte Towe, American basketball player and coach.

Where is the surname Towe most common?

Wikidata records people named Towe in the United States.

Is the surname Towe getting more or less common?

More common. 2,799 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,877 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Towe

A surname, carried by 2,877 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Towe is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,877 people named Towe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,315 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,799.

#11,051

rank among US surnames

2,877

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #10,518)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,044	Rickett	2,879	107,241
#11,047	Branum	2,878	107,278
#11,051	Dabrowski	2,877	107,315
#11,054	Béres	2,876	107,352
#11,057	Hopwood	2,875	107,390
#11,060	Ehrhardt	2,874	107,427

Who is named Towe

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

88% of people named Towe identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Towes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Monte Towe
American basketball player and coach, born 1953

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Towe

Towe has the Soundex code T000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T000.

Questions

How common is the surname Towe?: 2,877 people in the United States had the surname Towe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,315 Americans. It ranked 11,051st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Towe?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Towe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Towe?: Monte Towe, American basketball player and coach.
Where is the surname Towe most common?: Wikidata records people named Towe in the United States.
Is the surname Towe getting more or less common?: More common. 2,799 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,877 in 2010, up 2.8%.