How rare is the last name Rowan?

13,418 people in the United States have the last name Rowan, about 1 in 22,276. It ranks #2,626 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

ROWAN

#2,626

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,418
About
1 in 22,276
This common or more
51%
Who bears it

Of the 13,418 people with the last name Rowan, 84.8% reported their origin as White, 6.6% as Black and 3.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Rowan

#2,624 Vick · 13,437#2,625 Soria · 13,436#2,627 Caraballo · 13,407#2,627 Estep · 13,407

Spelled almost the same

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

#9,876 Roan · 3,124#10,121 Rohan · 3,035#17,379 Rowen · 1,590#59,630 Rowin · 366

Also a first name

As a first name, Rowan ranks #1,047 of 53,615, with 40,085 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 6,452 births. See Rowan as a first name

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