# Bowell (surname)

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

A surname from Norman

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 513 |
| US rank (2010) | 42,308 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 601,843 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (505 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from Norman Bouelles, a commune in present-day Seine-Maritime, France.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bowell 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) | 9.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bowell in Canada and the United States.

## People named Bowell

- Mackenzie Bowell, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (1823-1917)
- Edward L. G. Bowell, American astronomer (1943–2023)

## Similar surnames

Bell, Bello, Beall, Buell, Belle, Bella, Boll, Belli, Bowley, Below, Bole, Bolla.

## 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.