The surname Atwal
A surname, carried by 1,124 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex A340
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,124 people named Atwal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 274,685 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 780.
Who is named Atwal
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Atwal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.4%
- Two or more races 2.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Atwal
Atwal has the Soundex code A340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A340.
Questions
- How common is the surname Atwal?
- 1,124 people in the United States had the surname Atwal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 274,685 Americans. It ranked 22,791st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Atwal?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Atwal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.4% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Atwal getting more or less common?
- More common. 780 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,124 in 2010, up 44%.