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    The surname Mowell

    An English nickname surname, carried by 612 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M400

    Mowell: #36,525 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Mowell #36,525, 612 people Mowell: #36,525 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Mowell #36,525, 612 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mowell is more common than 77.5% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Mowell is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    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 612 people named Mowell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 504,486 Americans. That is down 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 629.

    #36,525
    rank among US surnames
    612
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #34,114)

    Who is named Mowell

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

    95% of people named Mowell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mowell

    Mowell has the Soundex code M400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M400.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mowell come from?
    From Middle English moul, older form of mule (“mule”), a nickname for a stubborn person.
    How common is the surname Mowell?
    612 people in the United States had the surname Mowell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 504,486 Americans. It ranked 36,525th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mowell?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mowell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Mowell?
    Mowell is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Mowell getting more or less common?
    Less common. 629 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 612 in 2010, down 2.7%.