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The JEWELL surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 23,143 1407 0.009 86
United States (1880 census) 5,626 1087 0.011 113
Change since 1880 +17517 -320 -0.002 -27
Other Countries
Australia 1,179 1400 0.007 72
United Kingdom 3,849 1619 0.008 84
Top States for JEWELL by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Michigan 1,781 564 0.018 179
Ohio 1,672 807 0.015 147
Kentucky 1,572 383 0.039 389
California 1,455 2251 0.004 43
Florida 1,227 1731 0.008 77
Top States for JEWELL by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Kentucky 1,572 383 0.039 389
Maine 363 723 0.028 285
Vermont 128 826 0.021 210
West Virginia 360 798 0.020 199
New Hampshire 246 795 0.020 199

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called JEWELL live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called JEWELL represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called JEWELL in Michigan than any other state, but you are more likely to find a JEWELL by picking someone at random in Kentucky than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of JEWELL

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the JEWELL surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the JEWELL surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of JEWELL in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 349 1.51
Mixed Race 301 1.3
Native American/Alaskan 150 0.65
Asian/Pacific 88 0.38
White (Caucasian) 20,731 89.58
Black/African American 1,525 6.59

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the JEWELL surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of JEWELL in historical publications

Joy, mirth, precious; a jewel, a precious stone; a name expressive of fondness.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to JEWELL

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as JEWELL.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for JEWELL

The following words are slight variants of JEWELL that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.