How common is the surname Covell?

3,139 people in the United States had the surname Covell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,358 Americans. It ranked 10,268th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Covell?

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

Who is the most famous person named Covell?

Charlie Covell, British author.

Where is the surname Covell most common?

Wikidata records people named Covell in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Covell getting more or less common?

More common. 3,005 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,139 in 2010, up 4.5%.

The surname Covell

A surname, carried by 3,139 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C140

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Covell is more common than 93.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,139 people named Covell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,358 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,005.

#10,268

rank among US surnames

3,139

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #9,902)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,260	Schoch	3,141	98,295
#10,265	Milford	3,140	98,327
#10,268	Orman	3,139	98,358
#10,274	Mulhern	3,138	98,389

Who is named Covell

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

95% of people named Covell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Covells

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charlie Covell
British author, born 1984

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Covell

Covell has the Soundex code C140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C140.

Questions

How common is the surname Covell?: 3,139 people in the United States had the surname Covell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,358 Americans. It ranked 10,268th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Covell?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Covell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Covell?: Charlie Covell, British author.
Where is the surname Covell most common?: Wikidata records people named Covell in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Covell getting more or less common?: More common. 3,005 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,139 in 2010, up 4.5%.