How common is the last name Bowen?

75,672 people in the United States have the last name Bowen, about 1 in 3,950. It ranks #423 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BOWEN

#423

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
75,672
About
1 in 3,950
This common or more
30.1%
Who bears it

Of the 75,672 people with the last name Bowen, 78.8% reported their origin as White, 11.9% as Black and 4.2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Bowen

#421 Cardenas · 75,996#422 Higgins · 75,781#424 Gill · 75,535#425 Griffith · 75,478

Spelled almost the same

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

#15,799 Bown · 1,777#21,459 Boen · 1,241#61,433 Bowan · 353#64,820 Bohen · 331#70,715 Bowin · 298#142,788 Boaen · 119

Also a first name

As a first name, Bowen ranks #2,891 of 53,615, with 7,909 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 1,328 births. See Bowen as a first name

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