How common is the surname Sidwell?

2,736 people in the United States had the surname Sidwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,846 Americans. It ranked 11,500th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sidwell?

Bill Sidwell, Australian tennis player.

Where is the surname Sidwell most common?

Wikidata records people named Sidwell in Australia.

Is the surname Sidwell getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,755 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,736 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Sidwell

A surname, carried by 2,736 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S340

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sidwell is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,736 people named Sidwell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 112,846 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,755.

#11,500

rank among US surnames

2,736

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #10,657)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,493	Duffin	2,738	112,763
#11,497	Greenspan	2,737	112,804
#11,500	Sidwell	2,736	112,846
#11,502	Master	2,735	112,887
#11,504	Steeves	2,734	112,928
#11,508	Prout	2,733	112,969

Who is named Sidwell

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

95% of people named Sidwell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Two or more races 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sidwells

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bill Sidwell
Australian tennis player, 1920–2021

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Sitwell

Surnames that sound like Sidwell

Sidwell 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 Sidwell?: 2,736 people in the United States had the surname Sidwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,846 Americans. It ranked 11,500th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sidwell?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sidwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sidwell?: Bill Sidwell, Australian tennis player.
Where is the surname Sidwell most common?: Wikidata records people named Sidwell in Australia.
Is the surname Sidwell getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,755 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,736 in 2010, down 0.7%.
What are other spellings of Sidwell?: Sitwell.