# Towell (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/towell/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,564 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,883 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 197,408 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (1,378 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, variant of Atwell. * Also as an English surname, variant of Towle.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Towell in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Towell in the United Kingdom.

## People named Towell

- Mike Towell, British boxer

## Similar surnames

Tewell, Tello, Tolley, Towle, Tolle, Toll, Tell, Tuell, Tole, Talley, Tilley, Thiel.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.