# Stockwell (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/stockwell/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,664 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,234 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 46,330 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.4% (6,509 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English stocc (“tree trunk, stump”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Stockwell in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Stockwell in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Stockwell

- Dean Stockwell, American actor (1936–2021)
- John Stockwell, American actor and director
- Guy Stockwell, American actor (1933-2002)
- Harry Stockwell, American actor and singer (1902–1984)
- Mark Stockwell, Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medalist
- Hugh Stockwell, British Army general

## Similar surnames

Satchell, Stickel, Stokley, Stickle, Stokely, Steckel, Stockley, Stegall, Stickler, Stigall, Sutcliffe, Stickley.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.