How common is the surname Haswell?

1,026 people in the United States had the surname Haswell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,922 Americans. It ranked 24,404th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Haswell?

Percy Haswell, American actress (1871-1945).

Where is the surname Haswell most common?

Wikidata records people named Haswell in the United States.

Is the surname Haswell getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,093 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,026 in 2010, down 6.1%.

The surname Haswell

An English place surname, carried by 1,026 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Haswell is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English hæsl (“hazel”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

Haswell 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 1,026 people named Haswell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,922 Americans. That is down 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,093.

#24,404

rank among US surnames

1,026

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-6.1%

change since 2000 (was #22,078)

Who is named Haswell

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

93% of people named Haswell identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Haswells

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Percy Haswell
American actress (1871-1945)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Aswell

Surnames that sound like Haswell

Haswell has the Soundex code H240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H240.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Haswell come from?: From Old English hæsl (“hazel”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).
How common is the surname Haswell?: 1,026 people in the United States had the surname Haswell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,922 Americans. It ranked 24,404th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Haswell?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Haswell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Haswell?: Percy Haswell, American actress (1871-1945).
Where is the surname Haswell most common?: Wikidata records people named Haswell in the United States.
What type of surname is Haswell?: Haswell is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Haswell getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,093 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,026 in 2010, down 6.1%.
What are other spellings of Haswell?: Aswell.