Explore the Family Name Bowring

The meaning of Bowring

English: topographic name from Middle English bouring (Old English būring), a derivative of Old English būr ‘bower, cottage, hall’, probably denoting a cottager or perhaps one who worked at a hall (see Bower).

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How common is the last name Bowring in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Bowring showed a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. It was ranked 49,249th in popularity in 2000 and dropped to 55,121st by 2010, a change of approximately -11.92%. The count of individuals with this surname also decreased during this period from 401 to 373, a drop of around 6.98%. Consequently, the proportion of people named Bowring per 100,000 decreased by about 13.33%, from 0.15 in 2000 to 0.13 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#49,249	#55,121	-11.92%
Count	401	373	-6.98%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.13	-13.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Bowring

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Bowring also changed somewhat based on the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, 91.52% of Bowrings identified as White, but this percentage decreased slightly to 87.67% by 2010. The number of Bowrings identifying as Hispanic saw an increase, moving up from 5.24% in 2000 to 7.51% in 2010. There was a notable increase in those identifying as two or more races, which rose from 1.25% to 1.88%, a change of 50.40%. Interestingly, by 2010 some Bowrings began to identify as American Indian and Alaskan Native, a category that had been at 0 in 2000. No Bowrings identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	91.52%	87.67%	-4.21%
Hispanic	5.24%	7.51%	43.32%
Two or More Races	1.25%	1.88%	50.4%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	1.34%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%