How common is the surname Bedwell?

4,276 people in the United States had the surname Bedwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,204 Americans. It ranked 7,762nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bedwell?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bedwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Bedwell getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,363 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,276 in 2010, down 2.0%.

The surname Bedwell

A surname, carried by 4,276 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B340

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bedwell is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

Variant of Bidwell.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,276 people named Bedwell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,204 Americans. That is down 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,363.

#7,762

rank among US surnames

4,276

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

-2%

change since 2000 (was #7,068)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,759	Noyola	4,279	72,154
#7,760	Chenault	4,278	72,171
#7,761	Harner	4,277	72,187
#7,762	Bedwell	4,276	72,204

Who is named Bedwell

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

95% of people named Bedwell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bedwell

Bedwell has the Soundex code B340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B340.

Questions

Where does the surname Bedwell come from?: Variant of Bidwell.
How common is the surname Bedwell?: 4,276 people in the United States had the surname Bedwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,204 Americans. It ranked 7,762nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bedwell?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bedwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Bedwell getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,363 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,276 in 2010, down 2.0%.