How common is the surname Harwell?

7,234 people in the United States had the surname Harwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,680 Americans. It ranked 4,871st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Harwell?

Steve Harwell, American musician (1967–2023).

Where is the surname Harwell most common?

Wikidata records people named Harwell in the United States.

Is the surname Harwell getting more or less common?

More common. 7,219 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,234 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Harwell

An English place surname, carried by 7,234 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H640

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harwell is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

English origin

* (hamlet in Nottinghamshire): From the Old English personal name *Hāra, a byname from hār (“grey; grey-haired”), + wella (“well, spring, stream”) * (village in Oxfordshire): From Old English hēore (“pleasant”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

Harwell is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,234 people named Harwell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,680 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 7,219.

#4,871

rank among US surnames

7,234

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,522)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,867	Guan	7,247	42,603
#4,868	Molloy	7,238	42,656
#4,870	Kester	7,237	42,662
#4,871	Harwell	7,234	42,680

Who is named Harwell

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

83% of people named Harwell identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Harwells

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Steve Harwell
American musician (1967–2023)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Harwell

Harwell has the Soundex code H640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H640.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Harwell come from?: * (hamlet in Nottinghamshire): From the Old English personal name *Hāra, a byname from hār (“grey; grey-haired”), + wella (“well, spring, stream”) * (village in Oxfordshire): From Old English hēore (“pleasant”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).
How common is the surname Harwell?: 7,234 people in the United States had the surname Harwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,680 Americans. It ranked 4,871st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Harwell?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Harwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Harwell?: Steve Harwell, American musician (1967–2023).
Where is the surname Harwell most common?: Wikidata records people named Harwell in the United States.
What type of surname is Harwell?: Harwell is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Harwell getting more or less common?: More common. 7,219 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,234 in 2010, up 0.2%.