How common is the surname Stillwell?

7,211 people in the United States had the surname Stillwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,816 Americans. It ranked 4,883rd of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Stillwell?

Stillwell is /ˈstɪlwəl/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Stillwell getting more or less common?

Less common. 7,304 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,211 in 2010, down 1.3%.

The surname Stillwell

A surname, carried by 7,211 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈstɪlwəl/ 2 syllables Soundex S344

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stillwell is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

From still + well.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,211 people named Stillwell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,816 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,304.

#4,883

rank among US surnames

7,211

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1.3%

change since 2000 (was #4,464)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,874	Rosenberger	7,228	42,715
#4,875	Michels	7,225	42,733
#4,876	Sturdivant	7,223	42,745
#4,877	Hammock	7,222	42,751
#4,878	Simone	7,221	42,757
#4,879	Walz	7,220	42,763
#4,880	Bussey	7,219	42,768

Who is named Stillwell

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

88% of people named Stillwell identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stillwell

Stilwell

Stillwell has the Soundex code S344, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S344.

Questions

Where does the surname Stillwell come from?: From still + well.
How common is the surname Stillwell?: 7,211 people in the United States had the surname Stillwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,816 Americans. It ranked 4,883rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stillwell?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Stillwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Stillwell?: Stillwell is /ˈstɪlwəl/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Stillwell getting more or less common?: Less common. 7,304 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,211 in 2010, down 1.3%.