How common is the surname Vowell?

2,351 people in the United States had the surname Vowell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,325 Americans. It ranked 13,057th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vowell?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Vowell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Vowell?

Sarah Vowell, American author, journalist, singing songs and social commentator.

Where is the surname Vowell most common?

Wikidata records people named Vowell in the United States.

Is the surname Vowell getting more or less common?

More common. 1,236 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,351 in 2010, up 90%.

The surname Vowell

A surname, carried by 2,351 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vowell is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,351 people named Vowell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 131,325 Americans. That is up 90% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,236.

#13,057

rank among US surnames

2,351

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+90.2%

change since 2000 (was #20,072)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,049	Atkin	2,353	131,214
#13,053	Class	2,352	131,269
#13,057	Vowell	2,351	131,325
#13,065	Crownover	2,350	131,381

Who is named Vowell

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

92% of people named Vowell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Vowells

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sarah Vowell
American author, journalist, singing songs and social commentator, born 1969

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vowell

Vowell has the Soundex code V400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V400.

Questions

How common is the surname Vowell?: 2,351 people in the United States had the surname Vowell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,325 Americans. It ranked 13,057th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vowell?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Vowell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Vowell?: Sarah Vowell, American author, journalist, singing songs and social commentator.
Where is the surname Vowell most common?: Wikidata records people named Vowell in the United States.
Is the surname Vowell getting more or less common?: More common. 1,236 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,351 in 2010, up 90%.