# Mowell (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mowell/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 612 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,525 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 504,486 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.7% (629 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Middle English moul, older form of mule (“mule”), a nickname for a stubborn person.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mowell in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Similar surnames

Mello, Melo, Moll, Molloy, Mole, Mell, Malloy, Mull, Miley, Maloy, Mayle, Maley.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.