How common is the surname Stilwell?

6,138 people in the United States had the surname Stilwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,301 Americans. It ranked 5,655th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Stilwell?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Stilwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Stilwell getting more or less common?

More common. 5,972 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,138 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Stilwell

A surname, carried by 6,138 people in the United States.

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). Stilwell is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,138 people named Stilwell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,301 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,972.

#5,655

rank among US surnames

6,138

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #5,365)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,650	Yim	6,144	50,252
#5,651	Harold	6,141	50,276
#5,654	Ligon	6,140	50,284
#5,655	Stilwell	6,138	50,301

Who is named Stilwell

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

94% of people named Stilwell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stilwell

Stillwell

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

Questions

How common is the surname Stilwell?: 6,138 people in the United States had the surname Stilwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,301 Americans. It ranked 5,655th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stilwell?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Stilwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Stilwell getting more or less common?: More common. 5,972 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,138 in 2010, up 2.8%.