How common is the surname Revell?

3,200 people in the United States had the surname Revell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,483 Americans. It ranked 10,072nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Revell getting more or less common?

More common. 3,002 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,200 in 2010, up 6.6%.

The surname Revell

A French surname, carried by 3,200 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R140

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Revell is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

French origin

English surname of Norman origin, from Old French revel (“rebellious”), reveler (“to revel”).

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,200 people named Revell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,483 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,002.

#10,072

rank among US surnames

3,200

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+6.6%

change since 2000 (was #9,916)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,064	O'Brian	3,203	96,393
#10,068	Creager	3,202	96,423
#10,072	Cranston	3,200	96,483
#10,075	Nemec	3,199	96,513
#10,079	Gaudette	3,198	96,543

Who is named Revell

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

76% of people named Revell identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Revell

Revell has the Soundex code R140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R140.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Revell come from?: English surname of Norman origin, from Old French revel (“rebellious”), reveler (“to revel”).
How common is the surname Revell?: 3,200 people in the United States had the surname Revell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,483 Americans. It ranked 10,072nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Revell?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Revell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Revell getting more or less common?: More common. 3,002 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,200 in 2010, up 6.6%.