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    The surname Towell

    A surname, carried by 1,564 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T400

    Towell: #17,883 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Towell #17,883, 1,564 people Towell: #17,883 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Towell #17,883, 1,564 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Towell is more common than 89% of them.

    Origin

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,564 people named Towell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,408 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,378.

    #17,883
    rank among US surnames
    1,564
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.5%
    change since 2000 (was #18,492)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,874Tourville1,565197,281
    #17,883Towell1,564197,408
    #17,888Bergren1,563197,534

    Who is named Towell

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

    88% of people named Towell identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Towells

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mike Towell
      British boxer, 1991–2016

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Towell

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Towell come from?
    * As an English surname, variant of Atwell. * Also as an English surname, variant of Towle.
    How common is the surname Towell?
    1,564 people in the United States had the surname Towell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,408 Americans. It ranked 17,883rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Towell?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Towell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Towell?
    Mike Towell, British boxer.
    Where is the surname Towell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Towell in the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Towell getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,378 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,564 in 2010, up 14%.