How common is the last name Bowles?

22,282 people in the United States have the last name Bowles, about 1 in 13,414. It ranks #1,570 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

BOWLES

#1,570

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
22,282
About
1 in 13,414
This common or more
44.9%
Who bears it

Of the 22,282 people with the last name Bowles, 77.4% reported their origin as White, 13.3% as Black and 4.5% 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 Bowles

1 other last name also has 22,282 people.

#1,570 Pollock · 22,282

Either side of Bowles

#1,568 Feliciano · 22,312#1,569 Egan · 22,300#1,570 Pollock · 22,282#1,572 Swenson · 22,252

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,552 Boles · 13,812#3,377 Boyles · 10,361#14,287 Bolles · 2,016#50,912 Boules · 443#53,103 Bowlus · 421#81,829 Bowls · 249#85,600 Boiles · 235#101,282 Boales · 190

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