# Tower (surname)

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

A habitational surname.; Alternative form of Towers.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,486 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,421 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 68,824 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (4,392 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tower 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tower in the United States.

## People named Tower

- John Tower, American senator from Texas and chairman of the Tower Commission (1925-1991)
- Harold Tower, American rower (1911–1994)
- Joan Tower, American composer, concert pianist and conductor
- Virginia Norwood, American aerospace engineer, inventor, and physicist

## Similar surnames

Towery, Torre, Toure, Toor, Terry, Thayer, Toro, Tyree, True, Troy, Tarr, Torrey.

## 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.