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    The surname Southwell

    An English surname, carried by 2,243 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈsaʊθwɛl/ 2 syllables Soundex S340

    Southwell: #13,525 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Southwell #13,525, 2,243 people Southwell: #13,525 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Southwell #13,525, 2,243 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Southwell is more common than 91.7% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Inherited from Old English Sūþwelle. By surface analysis, south + well.

    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 2,243 people named Southwell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 137,648 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,113.

    #13,525
    rank among US surnames
    2,243
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.2%
    change since 2000 (was #13,245)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,517Amico2,244137,587
    #13,525Peralez2,243137,648
    #13,531Stringham2,242137,710

    Who is named Southwell

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

    83% of people named Southwell identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • 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.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Southwell

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

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Southwell come from?
    Inherited from Old English Sūþwelle. By surface analysis, south + well.
    How common is the surname Southwell?
    2,243 people in the United States had the surname Southwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,648 Americans. It ranked 13,525th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Southwell?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Southwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Southwell?
    Southwell is /ˈsaʊθwɛl/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Southwell getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,113 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,243 in 2010, up 6.2%.