How common is the last name Bowden?

23,246 people in the United States have the last name Bowden, about 1 in 12,858. It ranks #1,497 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

BOWDEN

#1,497

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
23,246
About
1 in 12,858
This common or more
44.4%
Who bears it

Of the 23,246 people with the last name Bowden, 70.1% reported their origin as White, 21.1% as Black and 4.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Bowden

1 other last name also has 23,246 people.

#1,497 Stover · 23,246

Either side of Bowden

#1,495 Sanderson · 23,313#1,496 Navarrete · 23,279#1,497 Stover · 23,246#1,499 Metcalf · 23,245

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bowden, most common first.

#7,713 Boden · 4,138#10,820 Bodden · 2,813#13,535 Boyden · 2,147#113,026 Bowdon · 165

Also a first name

As a first name, Bowden ranks #23,382 of 53,615, with 419 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 79 births. See Bowden as a first name

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