How rare is the last name Sowell?

8,848 people in the United States have the last name Sowell, about 1 in 33,781. It ranks #3,899 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SOWELL

#3,899

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,848
About
1 in 33,781
This common or more
55.6%
Who bears it

Of the 8,848 people with the last name Sowell, 59.3% reported their origin as White, 32.1% as Black and 4.3% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Sowell

#3,897 Stull · 8,852#3,898 Mcwhorter · 8,849#3,900 Swafford · 8,847#3,901 Reno · 8,843

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sowell, most common first.

#80,289 Soell · 255

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