How common is the surname Towery?

3,400 people in the United States had the surname Towery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,808 Americans. It ranked 9,562nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Towery?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Towery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Towery getting more or less common?

More common. 3,283 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,400 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Towery

A surname, carried by 3,400 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex T600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Towery is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,400 people named Towery in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,808 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,283.

#9,562

rank among US surnames

3,400

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #9,134)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,557	Lampley	3,402	90,754
#9,560	Arp	3,401	90,781
#9,562	Towery	3,400	90,808
#9,563	Leader	3,399	90,834
#9,567	Hendon	3,398	90,861
#9,568	Sill	3,397	90,888
#9,570	Revis	3,396	90,914

Who is named Towery

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

93% of people named Towery identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Towery

Towery has the Soundex code T600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T600.

Questions

How common is the surname Towery?: 3,400 people in the United States had the surname Towery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,808 Americans. It ranked 9,562nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Towery?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Towery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Towery getting more or less common?: More common. 3,283 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,400 in 2010, up 3.6%.