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    The surname Boutwell

    A surname, carried by 4,654 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B340

    Boutwell: #7,182 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Boutwell #7,182, 4,654 people Boutwell: #7,182 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Boutwell #7,182, 4,654 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boutwell is more common than 95.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,654 people named Boutwell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,340 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,530.

    #7,182
    rank among US surnames
    4,654
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #6,841)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,179Schutt4,65866,283
    #7,180Sheriff4,65766,297
    #7,181Hazelton4,65666,311
    #7,182Boutwell4,65466,340

    Who is named Boutwell

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

    93% of people named Boutwell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Boutwell

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Boutwell?
    4,654 people in the United States had the surname Boutwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,340 Americans. It ranked 7,182nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Boutwell?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Boutwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Boutwell getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,530 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,654 in 2010, up 2.7%.