# Bothwell (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bothwell/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,288 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,330 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 134,941 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.2% (2,316 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Middle English bothe (“booth”) + welle (“well, spring”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bothwell in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bothwell in the United States.

## People named Bothwell

- Johnny Bothwell, American musician (1919–1995)

## Similar surnames

Botello, Bethel, Botelho, Boutwell, Bodell, Battle, Badillo, Biddle, Bedolla, Bedell, Bidwell, Bedwell.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.