How common is the surname Popplewell?

1,101 people in the United States had the surname Popplewell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 280,423 Americans. It ranked 23,167th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Popplewell?

Lulu Popplewell, British actress.

Where is the surname Popplewell most common?

Wikidata records people named Popplewell in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Popplewell getting more or less common?

More common. 973 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,101 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Popplewell

An English place surname, carried by 1,101 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P144

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Popplewell is more common than 85.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

Habitational surname from several places in Yorkshire, from Old English *popel (“pebble”) + wielle (“well, spring”).

Popplewell is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 1,101 people named Popplewell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 280,423 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 973.

#23,167

rank among US surnames

1,101

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+13.2%

change since 2000 (was #24,162)

Who is named Popplewell

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

92% of people named Popplewell identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Popplewells

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lulu Popplewell
British actress, born 1991

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Popwell

Popplewell has the Soundex code P144, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P144.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Popplewell come from?: Habitational surname from several places in Yorkshire, from Old English *popel (“pebble”) + wielle (“well, spring”).
How common is the surname Popplewell?: 1,101 people in the United States had the surname Popplewell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 280,423 Americans. It ranked 23,167th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Popplewell?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Popplewell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Popplewell?: Lulu Popplewell, British actress.
Where is the surname Popplewell most common?: Wikidata records people named Popplewell in the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Popplewell?: Popplewell is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Popplewell getting more or less common?: More common. 973 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,101 in 2010, up 13%.
What are other spellings of Popplewell?: Popwell.