How common is the surname Sewell?

22,294 people in the United States had the surname Sewell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,849 Americans. It ranked 1,614th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sewell?

Terri Sewell, American politician (born 1965), followed by Henry Sewell.

Where is the surname Sewell most common?

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

How do you pronounce Sewell?

Sewell is /ˈsuəl/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Sewell getting more or less common?

More common. 20,736 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,294 in 2010, up 7.5%.

The surname Sewell

A surname, carried by 22,294 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈsuəl/ 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). Sewell is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 22,294 people named Sewell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,849 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 20,736.

#1,614

rank among US surnames

22,294

people in 2010

7.6

per 100,000 Americans

+7.5%

change since 2000 (was #1,586)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,605	Goode	22,356	13,810
#1,606	Kauffman	22,353	13,812
#1,607	Piper	22,329	13,827
#1,609	Cuellar	22,324	13,830
#1,610	Steward	22,318	13,834
#1,611	Winn	22,316	13,835
#1,612	Gary	22,310	13,839

Who is named Sewell

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

69% of people named Sewell identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Black (not Hispanic) 24%
Two or more races 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sewells

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Terri Sewell
American politician (born 1965)
Henry Sewell
19th-century New Zealand politician (1807-1879)
Conrad Sewell
Australian singer-songwriter, born 1988
Penei Sewell
American football player (born 2000)
Joe Sewell
American baseball player and coach (1898-1990)
Amanda Brewster Sewell
American painter, 1839–1926
Caleb Patterson-Sewell
American soccer player, born 1987
Vernon Sewell
British actor and film director (1903-2001)

Notable Sewells come mostly from the United States (5), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Sewall
Suell

Surnames that sound like Sewell

Sewell 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 Sewell?: 22,294 people in the United States had the surname Sewell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,849 Americans. It ranked 1,614th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sewell?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Sewell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sewell?: Terri Sewell, American politician (born 1965), followed by Henry Sewell.
Where is the surname Sewell most common?: Wikidata records people named Sewell in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia.
How do you pronounce Sewell?: Sewell is /ˈsuəl/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Sewell getting more or less common?: More common. 20,736 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,294 in 2010, up 7.5%.
What are other spellings of Sewell?: Sewall and Suell.