# Rowell (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/rowell/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 15,952 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,285 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 19,355 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (15,457 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rowell in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rowell in the United States and Australia.

## People named Rowell

- Rainbow Rowell, American children's writer
- Victoria Rowell, American actress (born 1959)
- Sydney Rowell, Australian general (1894–1975)

## Similar surnames

Rowley, Roll, Rolle, Rollo, Roehl, Royall, Roell, Roel, Riley, Reilly, Royal, Real.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.