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    The surname Towler

    A surname, carried by 2,542 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T460

    Towler: #12,238 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Towler #12,238, 2,542 people Towler: #12,238 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Towler #12,238, 2,542 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Towler is more common than 92.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,542 people named Towler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,458 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,376.

    #12,238
    rank among US surnames
    2,542
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7%
    change since 2000 (was #12,052)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,229Check2,545121,315
    #12,231Dumond2,544121,362
    #12,236Maly2,543121,410
    #12,238Doby2,542121,458
    #12,242Satterlee2,541121,506
    #12,247Bondurant2,540121,553

    Who is named Towler

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

    77% of people named Towler identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Towler

    Towler has the Soundex code T460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T460.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Towler?
    2,542 people in the United States had the surname Towler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,458 Americans. It ranked 12,238th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Towler?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Towler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Towler getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,376 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,542 in 2010, up 7.0%.