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    The surname Otwell

    A surname, carried by 1,661 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex O340

    Otwell: #17,087 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Otwell #17,087, 1,661 people Otwell: #17,087 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Otwell #17,087, 1,661 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Otwell is more common than 89.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,661 people named Otwell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 185,879 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,596.

    #17,087
    rank among US surnames
    1,661
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #16,562)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,080Wile1,662185,767
    #17,087Kendig1,661185,879

    Who is named Otwell

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

    94% of people named Otwell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Otwell

    Otwell has the Soundex code O340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O340.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Otwell?
    1,661 people in the United States had the surname Otwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,879 Americans. It ranked 17,087th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Otwell?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Otwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Otwell getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,596 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,661 in 2010, up 4.1%.