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    The surname Rowell

    A surname, carried by 15,952 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R400

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rowell is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,952 people named Rowell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,355 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,457.

    #2,285
    rank among US surnames
    15,952
    people in 2010
    5.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,154)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,276Saylor16,01019,285
    #2,277Robledo16,00119,295
    #2,278Espino15,99719,300
    #2,279Hauser15,98119,320
    #2,280Cleary15,98019,321
    #2,281Nugent15,97719,324
    #2,282Boudreaux15,97619,326

    Who is named Rowell

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

    80% of people named Rowell identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rowells

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Rainbow Rowell
      American children's writer, born 1973
    • Victoria Rowell
      American actress (born 1959)
    • Sydney Rowell
      Australian general (1894–1975)

    Notable Rowells come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rowell

    Rowell has the Soundex code R400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rowell?
    15,952 people in the United States had the surname Rowell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,355 Americans. It ranked 2,285th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rowell?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Rowell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rowell?
    Rainbow Rowell, American children's writer, followed by Victoria Rowell.
    Where is the surname Rowell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rowell in the United States and Australia.
    Is the surname Rowell getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,457 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,952 in 2010, up 3.2%.