The SEWELL surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	20,736	1586	0.008	77
United States (1880 census)	4,051	1524	0.008	81
Change since 1880	+16685	-62	0	-4
Other Countries
Australia	1,686	963	0.01	103
United Kingdom	8,025	761	0.017	175

Top States for SEWELL by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Texas	2,069	1205	0.010	99
Georgia	1,842	562	0.023	225
Florida	1,449	1396	0.009	91
Alabama	1,289	565	0.029	290
California	1,219	2540	0.004	36
Top States for SEWELL by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Alabama	1,289	565	0.029	290
Georgia	1,842	562	0.023	225
Tennessee	943	911	0.017	166
Kentucky	662	879	0.016	164
Maryland	849	655	0.016	160

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

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

Classification and Origin of SEWELL

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 SEWELL 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 SEWELL 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 SEWELL in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Mixed Race	355	1.71
White (Hispanic)	311	1.5
Native American/Alaskan	147	0.71
Asian/Pacific	112	0.54
White (Caucasian)	14,955	72.12
Black/African American	4,856	23.42

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

Meaning of SEWELL in historical publications

SEWEL. SEWELL. Sewallis is a very ancient personal name, particularly in the family of Shirley, Earl Ferrers. A Sewallis, who certainly possessed Lower Eatington, co. AVarwick, before the Conquest, is said to have been a " noble Saxon, issuing from the royal dukes of Saxony," (Stemmata Shirleiana, p. 5) ; but this is unsupported by any evidence. The name latinized Sewallis was doubtless Sewall or Sawald, a not uncommon baptismal appellation in Saxon times, and not improbably identical with the Ceadwal or Cedwalla of the days of the Heptarchy. Sewall is the spelling still retained in America, but in England Sewell (often modified to Shewell) is the prevailing form. It must not be forgotten, however, that in some instances the name may be local. Four places called Sewelle occur in Domesday ; and a John de Sewell was a follower of the Black Prince into Aquitaine. Eymer's Feed., c. 136G.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

Similar names to SEWELL

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as SEWELL.

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.