# Sewell (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sewell/  
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) | 22,294 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,614 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 13,849 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.5% (20,736 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsuəl/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Sewall, Suell |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sewell 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) | 69% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sewell in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia.

## People named Sewell

- Terri Sewell, American politician (born 1965)
- Henry Sewell, 19th-century New Zealand politician (1807-1879)
- Conrad Sewell, Australian singer-songwriter
- Penei Sewell, American football player (born 2000)
- Joe Sewell, American baseball player and coach (1898-1990)
- Amanda Brewster Sewell, American painter
- Caleb Patterson-Sewell, American soccer player
- Vernon Sewell, British actor and film director (1903-2001)

## Similar surnames

Sowell, Sewall, Seawell, Shell, Seeley, Sell, Seely, Seelye, Selle, Seel, Showell, Selley.

## 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.