Last Name ROWELL

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: Of Rowell, an extra-parochial hamlet in the union of Winchcomb, county Cloucester.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	2,154 (2000 US census)	1,856 (1990 US census)

Count	15,457 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

82.31%, or 12723 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
13.9%, or 2149 total occurrences, as black,
0.4%, or 62 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.75%, or 116 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.35%, or 209 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.29%, or 199 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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