How common is the surname Treadwell?

5,851 people in the United States had the surname Treadwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,768 Americans. It ranked 5,897th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Treadwell?

Timothy Treadwell, American documentary filmmaker (1957–2003).

Where is the surname Treadwell most common?

Wikidata records people named Treadwell in the United States.

Is the surname Treadwell getting more or less common?

More common. 5,583 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,851 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Treadwell

An occupational surname, carried by 5,851 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T634

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Treadwell is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

Metonymic occupational surname for a fuller, from tread + well.

Treadwell is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,851 people named Treadwell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,768 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,583.

#5,897

rank among US surnames

5,851

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #5,697)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,892	McCaskill	5,857	52,714
#5,894	Theriault	5,855	52,732
#5,896	Mintz	5,853	52,750
#5,897	Bogle	5,851	52,768

Who is named Treadwell

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

66% of people named Treadwell identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Black (not Hispanic) 26%
Two or more races 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Treadwells

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Timothy Treadwell
American documentary filmmaker (1957–2003)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Tredwell

Surnames that sound like Treadwell

Trudell

Treadwell has the Soundex code T634, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T634.

Questions

Where does the surname Treadwell come from?: Metonymic occupational surname for a fuller, from tread + well.
How common is the surname Treadwell?: 5,851 people in the United States had the surname Treadwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,768 Americans. It ranked 5,897th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Treadwell?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Treadwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Treadwell?: Timothy Treadwell, American documentary filmmaker (1957–2003).
Where is the surname Treadwell most common?: Wikidata records people named Treadwell in the United States.
What type of surname is Treadwell?: Treadwell is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Treadwell getting more or less common?: More common. 5,583 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,851 in 2010, up 4.8%.
What are other spellings of Treadwell?: Tredwell.