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    The surname Shadwell

    An English place surname, carried by 344 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S340

    Shadwell: #58,876 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Shadwell #58,876, 344 people Shadwell: #58,876 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Shadwell #58,876, 344 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shadwell is more common than 63.7% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Various origins: * The Gloucestershire placename derives from Old English sċeard (“notch; shard; cleft, gap”) + wella (“well, spring”). * The suburb of London is named with Old English sċeald (“shallow”) + wella (“well, spring”). * The Norfolk placename derives from Old English scēad (“boundary”) + wella (“well, spring”). * The West Yorkshire placename probably derives from Old English sċeadu (“shade; shady place”) + wella (“well, spring”).

    Shadwell is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 344 people named Shadwell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 897,516 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 301.

    #58,876
    rank among US surnames
    344
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.3%
    change since 2000 (was #62,236)

    Who is named Shadwell

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

    93% of people named Shadwell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shadwell

    Shadwell has the Soundex code S340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S340.

    Other English surnames

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    Questions

    Where does the surname Shadwell come from?
    Various origins: * The Gloucestershire placename derives from Old English sċeard (“notch; shard; cleft, gap”) + wella (“well, spring”). * The suburb of London is named with Old English sċeald (“shallow”) + wella (“well, spring”). * The Norfolk placename derives from Old English scēad (“boundary”)…
    How common is the surname Shadwell?
    344 people in the United States had the surname Shadwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 897,516 Americans. It ranked 58,876th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shadwell?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Shadwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Shadwell?
    Shadwell is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Shadwell getting more or less common?
    More common. 301 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 344 in 2010, up 14%.