How common is the surname Terrell?

35,408 people in the United States had the surname Terrell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,720 Americans. It ranked 983rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Terrell getting more or less common?

More common. 33,914 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 35,408 in 2010, up 4.4%.

Is Terrell also a first name?

Yes. Terrell is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Terrell

A surname, carried by 35,408 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T640 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Terrell is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 35,408 people named Terrell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,720 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 33,914.

#983

rank among US surnames

35,408

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #946)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#974	Pollard	35,749	8,636
#975	Alfaro	35,725	8,642
#976	Hester	35,642	8,662
#977	Proctor	35,636	8,664
#978	Lu	35,628	8,666
#979	Hinton	35,606	8,671
#980	Novak	35,461	8,707

Who is named Terrell

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

55% of people named Terrell identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 55%
Black (not Hispanic) 39%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Terrell

Terrell has the Soundex code T640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T640.

Questions

How common is the surname Terrell?: 35,408 people in the United States had the surname Terrell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,720 Americans. It ranked 983rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Terrell?: In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Terrell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Terrell getting more or less common?: More common. 33,914 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 35,408 in 2010, up 4.4%.
Is Terrell also a first name?: Yes. Terrell is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.