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    The surname Shotwell

    A surname, carried by 3,553 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S340

    Shotwell: #9,181 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shotwell #9,181, 3,553 people Shotwell: #9,181 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shotwell #9,181, 3,553 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shotwell is more common than 94.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,553 people named Shotwell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,897 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,527.

    #9,181
    rank among US surnames
    3,553
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #8,591)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,175Lowrance3,55786,799
    #9,176Hawn3,55686,824
    #9,177Hearne3,55486,873
    #9,181Tasker3,55386,897
    #9,184Liberty3,55286,922

    Who is named Shotwell

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

    79% of people named Shotwell identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Shotwells

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gwynne Shotwell
      American business executive (born 1963)
    • Charlie Shotwell
      American actor, born 2007

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shotwell

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Shotwell?
    3,553 people in the United States had the surname Shotwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,897 Americans. It ranked 9,181st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shotwell?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Shotwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Shotwell?
    Gwynne Shotwell, American business executive (born 1963), followed by Charlie Shotwell.
    Where is the surname Shotwell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Shotwell in the United States.
    Is the surname Shotwell getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,527 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,553 in 2010, up 0.7%.