How common is the last name Boswell?

21,336 people in the United States have the last name Boswell, about 1 in 14,009. It ranks #1,635 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BOSWELL

#1,635

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
21,336
About
1 in 14,009
This common or more
45.4%
Who bears it

Of the 21,336 people with the last name Boswell, 74.3% reported their origin as White, 15.4% as Black and 4.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Boswell

#1,633 Norwood · 21,360#1,634 Butts · 21,337#1,636 Snell · 21,329#1,637 Huggins · 21,328

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Boswell, most common first.

#36,150 Boshell · 667#51,280 Boxell · 439#56,803 Boxwell · 388#66,499 Bozell · 321#96,193 Boselli · 203#96,572 Bosell · 202#106,101 Bosely · 179#113,565 Bosel · 164

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