How common is the surname Lewellen?

3,199 people in the United States had the surname Lewellen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,513 Americans. It ranked 10,075th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Lewellen getting more or less common?

More common. 3,096 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,199 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Lewellen

A surname, carried by 3,199 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lewellen is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,199 people named Lewellen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,513 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,096.

#10,075

rank among US surnames

3,199

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #9,636)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,068	Creager	3,202	96,423
#10,072	Cranston	3,200	96,483
#10,075	Nemec	3,199	96,513
#10,079	Gaudette	3,198	96,543
#10,082	Kiker	3,197	96,574

Who is named Lewellen

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

92% of people named Lewellen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lewellen

Lewellen has the Soundex code L450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L450.

Questions

How common is the surname Lewellen?: 3,199 people in the United States had the surname Lewellen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,513 Americans. It ranked 10,075th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lewellen?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Lewellen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Lewellen getting more or less common?: More common. 3,096 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,199 in 2010, up 3.3%.