How common is the surname Stowell?

6,455 people in the United States had the surname Stowell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,830 Americans. It ranked 5,390th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Stowell?

Austin Stowell, American actor, followed by Belinda Stowell.

Where is the surname Stowell most common?

Wikidata records people named Stowell in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Stowell getting more or less common?

More common. 6,020 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,455 in 2010, up 7.2%.

The surname Stowell

An English place surname, carried by 6,455 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S340

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stowell is more common than 96.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English stān (“stone”) + wella (“spring, well, stream”).

Stowell 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 6,455 people named Stowell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,830 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,020.

#5,390

rank among US surnames

6,455

people in 2010

2.2

per 100,000 Americans

+7.2%

change since 2000 (was #5,327)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,381	Rathbun	6,467	47,742
#5,382	Atherton	6,466	47,749
#5,383	Laing	6,465	47,756
#5,384	Pablo	6,462	47,779
#5,386	Witmer	6,461	47,786
#5,388	Rigby	6,458	47,808
#5,389	August	6,456	47,823

Who is named Stowell

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

92% of people named Stowell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stowells

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Austin Stowell
American actor, born 1984
Belinda Stowell
Australian sailor, born 1971
William Stowell
American actor (1885-1919)

Notable Stowells come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stowell

Stowell 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 Stowell come from?: From Old English stān (“stone”) + wella (“spring, well, stream”).
How common is the surname Stowell?: 6,455 people in the United States had the surname Stowell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,830 Americans. It ranked 5,390th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stowell?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Stowell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Stowell?: Austin Stowell, American actor, followed by Belinda Stowell.
Where is the surname Stowell most common?: Wikidata records people named Stowell in the United States and Australia.
What type of surname is Stowell?: Stowell is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Stowell getting more or less common?: More common. 6,020 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,455 in 2010, up 7.2%.