How common is the surname Axtell?

2,861 people in the United States had the surname Axtell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,915 Americans. It ranked 11,095th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Axtell?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Axtell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Axtell getting more or less common?

More common. 2,827 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,861 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Axtell

An English occupational surname, carried by 2,861 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A234

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Axtell is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

Two possible origins: * An Anglicized form of the Old Norse personal name Ásketill, which is composed of the elements áss (“god”) + ketill (“kettle, cauldron”). * Occupational surname for a salt merchant, from Middle English hacksalt (“salt-chopper”).

Axtell is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,861 people named Axtell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,915 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,827.

#11,095

rank among US surnames

2,861

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,438)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,086	Mauck	2,863	107,840
#11,092	Mounce	2,862	107,878
#11,095	Loewen	2,861	107,915
#11,099	Lasater	2,860	107,953
#11,101	Granda	2,859	107,991
#11,103	Dearborn	2,858	108,029
#11,104	Toman	2,857	108,066

Who is named Axtell

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

94% of people named Axtell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Axcell

Axtell has the Soundex code A234, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A234.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Axtell come from?: Two possible origins: * An Anglicized form of the Old Norse personal name Ásketill, which is composed of the elements áss (“god”) + ketill (“kettle, cauldron”). * Occupational surname for a salt merchant, from Middle English hacksalt (“salt-chopper”).
How common is the surname Axtell?: 2,861 people in the United States had the surname Axtell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,915 Americans. It ranked 11,095th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Axtell?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Axtell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Axtell?: Axtell is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Axtell getting more or less common?: More common. 2,827 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,861 in 2010, up 1.2%.
What are other spellings of Axtell?: Axcell.