How common is the surname Honeywell?

1,006 people in the United States had the surname Honeywell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 306,904 Americans. It ranked 24,762nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Honeywell getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,041 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,006 in 2010, down 3.4%.

The surname Honeywell

An English place surname, carried by 1,006 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H540

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Honeywell is more common than 84.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

Habitational surname from any of minor places in Devon, from Old English huniġ (“honey”) + wielle (“well, spring”).

Honeywell 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 1,006 people named Honeywell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 306,904 Americans. That is down 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,041.

#24,762

rank among US surnames

1,006

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-3.4%

change since 2000 (was #22,949)

Who is named Honeywell

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

91% of people named Honeywell identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.2%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Honnywill
Hunnewell

Honeywell has the Soundex code H540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H540.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Honeywell come from?: Habitational surname from any of minor places in Devon, from Old English huniġ (“honey”) + wielle (“well, spring”).
How common is the surname Honeywell?: 1,006 people in the United States had the surname Honeywell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 306,904 Americans. It ranked 24,762nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Honeywell?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Honeywell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Honeywell?: Honeywell is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Honeywell getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,041 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,006 in 2010, down 3.4%.
What are other spellings of Honeywell?: Honnywill and Hunnewell.