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The surname Tidwell

A surname, carried by 21,176 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T340

Tidwell: #1,699 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Tidwell #1,699, 21,176 people Tidwell: #1,699 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tidwell #1,699, 21,176 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tidwell is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

Variant of Tideswell.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 21,176 people named Tidwell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,580 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 20,681.

#1,699
rank among US surnames
21,176
people in 2010
7.2
per 100,000 Americans
+2.4%
change since 2000 (was #1,595)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#1,690Willard21,35214,460
#1,691Waddell21,30114,494
#1,692Stanford21,29514,498
#1,693Latham21,27714,511
#1,694Zhu21,26514,519
#1,695Irvin21,26314,520
#1,696Matos21,25814,524

Who is named Tidwell

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

84% of people named Tidwell identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 84%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
  • Two or more races 1.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

Where does the surname Tidwell come from?
Variant of Tideswell.
How common is the surname Tidwell?
21,176 people in the United States had the surname Tidwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,580 Americans. It ranked 1,699th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tidwell?
In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Tidwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Tidwell getting more or less common?
More common. 20,681 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,176 in 2010, up 2.4%.