Howland

Howland is the 4,186th most common surname in the United States, shared by 8,201 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 36,400.

By the numbers

People: 8,201
Rank: 4,186th
How common: 1 in 36,400
Per 100,000: 2.7

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Howland described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 89.3%
Hispanic or Latino 3.5%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.2%
Black, not Hispanic 2.8%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.5%

Notable people called Howland

Olin Howland (1886–1959)American actor
Beth Howland (1941–2015)American musical theatre and television actress
Emily Howland (1827–1929)American philanthropist

People named Howland with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Howland

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.