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    The surname Channell

    A surname, carried by 3,318 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C540

    Channell: #9,765 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Channell #9,765, 3,318 people Channell: #9,765 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Channell #9,765, 3,318 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Channell is more common than 94% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,318 people named Channell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,052 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,183.

    #9,765
    rank among US surnames
    3,318
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #9,387)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,756Paynter3,32292,940
    #9,760Penton3,32192,968
    #9,761Struck3,32092,996
    #9,765Channell3,31893,052
    #9,767Percival3,31793,080
    #9,770Parekh3,31693,108

    Who is named Channell

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

    92% of people named Channell identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Channell

    Channell has the Soundex code C540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C540.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Channell?
    3,318 people in the United States had the surname Channell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,052 Americans. It ranked 9,765th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Channell?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Channell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Channell getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,318 in 2010, up 4.2%.