How common is the surname Atwell?

8,622 people in the United States had the surname Atwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,809 Americans. It ranked 4,116th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Atwell?

Roy Atwell, American actor (1878–1962), followed by Amy Atwell.

Where is the surname Atwell most common?

Wikidata records people named Atwell in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Atwell getting more or less common?

More common. 8,159 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,622 in 2010, up 5.7%.

The surname Atwell

A place surname, carried by 8,622 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A340

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Atwell is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

Originally designating a person who lived near a well.

Atwell is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,622 people named Atwell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,809 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,159.

#4,116

rank among US surnames

8,622

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #3,997)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,107	Prasad	8,638	35,743
#4,108	Romeo	8,636	35,751
#4,109	Lightfoot	8,634	35,759
#4,110	Sells	8,633	35,763
#4,111	Merrick	8,629	35,780
#4,113	Kaye	8,627	35,788
#4,114	Tijerina	8,626	35,792

Who is named Atwell

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

88% of people named Atwell identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Atwells

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Roy Atwell
American actor (1878–1962)
Amy Atwell
Australian basketball player (born 1998)

Notable Atwells come mostly from the United States (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Atwell

Atwal

Atwell has the Soundex code A340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A340.

Questions

Where does the surname Atwell come from?: Originally designating a person who lived near a well.
How common is the surname Atwell?: 8,622 people in the United States had the surname Atwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,809 Americans. It ranked 4,116th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Atwell?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Atwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Atwell?: Roy Atwell, American actor (1878–1962), followed by Amy Atwell.
Where is the surname Atwell most common?: Wikidata records people named Atwell in the United States and Australia.
What type of surname is Atwell?: Atwell is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Atwell getting more or less common?: More common. 8,159 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,622 in 2010, up 5.7%.