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    The surname Tewell

    A surname, carried by 1,141 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T400

    Tewell: #22,530 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tewell #22,530, 1,141 people Tewell: #22,530 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tewell #22,530, 1,141 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tewell is more common than 86.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,141 people named Tewell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 270,592 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,122.

    #22,530
    rank among US surnames
    1,141
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #21,651)

    Who is named Tewell

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

    91% of people named Tewell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tewell

    Tewell has the Soundex code T400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Tewell?
    1,141 people in the United States had the surname Tewell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 270,592 Americans. It ranked 22,530th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tewell?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Tewell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Tewell getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,122 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,141 in 2010, up 1.7%.