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    The surname Markwell

    A surname, carried by 1,362 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M624

    Markwell: #19,763 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Markwell #19,763, 1,362 people Markwell: #19,763 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Markwell #19,763, 1,362 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Markwell is more common than 87.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,362 people named Markwell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 226,685 Americans. That is down 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,398.

    #19,763
    rank among US surnames
    1,362
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #18,298)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,755Wertman1,363226,519
    #19,763Takeuchi1,362226,685

    Who is named Markwell

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

    96% of people named Markwell identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, 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

    Surnames that sound like Markwell

    Markwell has the Soundex code M624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M624.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Markwell?
    1,362 people in the United States had the surname Markwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 226,685 Americans. It ranked 19,763rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Markwell?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Markwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Markwell getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,398 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,362 in 2010, down 2.6%.