How common is the surname Stockwell?

6,664 people in the United States had the surname Stockwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,330 Americans. It ranked 5,234th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Stockwell?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Stockwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Stockwell?

Dean Stockwell, American actor (1936–2021), followed by John Stockwell.

Where is the surname Stockwell most common?

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

Is the surname Stockwell getting more or less common?

More common. 6,509 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,664 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Stockwell

An English place surname, carried by 6,664 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S324

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stockwell is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Stockwell is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 6,664 people named Stockwell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,330 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,509.

#5,234

rank among US surnames

6,664

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,959)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,230	Lashley	6,669	46,296
#5,231	Towne	6,666	46,316
#5,232	Laurent	6,665	46,323
#5,234	Greenwald	6,664	46,330

Who is named Stockwell

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

94% of people named Stockwell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stockwells

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dean Stockwell
American actor (1936–2021)
John Stockwell
American actor and director, born 1961
Guy Stockwell
American actor (1933-2002)
Harry Stockwell
American actor and singer (1902–1984)
Mark Stockwell
Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, born 1963
Hugh Stockwell
British Army general, 1903–1986

Notable Stockwells come mostly from the United States (4), Australia (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stockwell

Stockwell has the Soundex code S324, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S324.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Stockwell come from?: From Old English stocc (“tree trunk, stump”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).
How common is the surname Stockwell?: 6,664 people in the United States had the surname Stockwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,330 Americans. It ranked 5,234th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stockwell?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Stockwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Stockwell?: Dean Stockwell, American actor (1936–2021), followed by John Stockwell.
Where is the surname Stockwell most common?: Wikidata records people named Stockwell in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Stockwell?: Stockwell is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Stockwell getting more or less common?: More common. 6,509 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,664 in 2010, up 2.4%.