How common is the surname Newhall?

1,495 people in the United States had the surname Newhall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 206,519 Americans. It ranked 18,486th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Newhall?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Newhall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Newhall?

Barbara Newhall Follett, American writer, followed by Beaumont Newhall.

Where is the surname Newhall most common?

Wikidata records people named Newhall in the United States.

Is the surname Newhall getting more or less common?

More common. 1,408 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,495 in 2010, up 6.2%.

The surname Newhall

A surname, carried by 1,495 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Newhall is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,495 people named Newhall in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 206,519 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,408.

#18,486

rank among US surnames

1,495

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+6.2%

change since 2000 (was #18,216)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,478	Melnyk	1,496	206,381
#18,486	Newhall	1,495	206,519

Who is named Newhall

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

92% of people named Newhall identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
Two or more races 1.3%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Newhalls

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Barbara Newhall Follett
American writer, 1914–1939
Beaumont Newhall
American curator, art historian, writer and photographer (1908–1993)
Nancy Newhall
American photographer, photographic critic, and essayist (1908-1974)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Newhall

Newhall has the Soundex code N400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N400.

Questions

How common is the surname Newhall?: 1,495 people in the United States had the surname Newhall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 206,519 Americans. It ranked 18,486th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Newhall?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Newhall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Newhall?: Barbara Newhall Follett, American writer, followed by Beaumont Newhall.
Where is the surname Newhall most common?: Wikidata records people named Newhall in the United States.
Is the surname Newhall getting more or less common?: More common. 1,408 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,495 in 2010, up 6.2%.