How common is the surname Sewall?

1,078 people in the United States had the surname Sewall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,406 Americans. It ranked 23,555th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sewall?

May Wright Sewall, American suffragist (1844-1920), followed by Arthur Sewall.

Where is the surname Sewall most common?

Wikidata records people named Sewall in the United States.

Is the surname Sewall getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,150 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,078 in 2010, down 6.3%.

The surname Sewall

A surname, carried by 1,078 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sewall is more common than 85.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,078 people named Sewall in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 286,406 Americans. That is down 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,150.

#23,555

rank among US surnames

1,078

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-6.3%

change since 2000 (was #21,254)

Who is named Sewall

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

93% of people named Sewall identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Two or more races 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sewalls

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

May Wright Sewall
American suffragist (1844-1920)
Arthur Sewall
American politician (1835–1900)
Sumner Sewall
American politician, 58th Governor of Maine (1897–1965)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sewall

Sewall has the Soundex code S400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S400.

Questions

How common is the surname Sewall?: 1,078 people in the United States had the surname Sewall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,406 Americans. It ranked 23,555th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sewall?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Sewall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sewall?: May Wright Sewall, American suffragist (1844-1920), followed by Arthur Sewall.
Where is the surname Sewall most common?: Wikidata records people named Sewall in the United States.
Is the surname Sewall getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,150 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,078 in 2010, down 6.3%.