Sewell Surname

10,722nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52,439 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Sewell Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Sewal' (v. Sigwald in Miss Yonge's History of Christian Names, ii. 310).

Sewallus de Cleton, Hertfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Sewale de Retcote, Oxfordshire, ibid.

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Sewell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States30,2221:11,9931,489
England11,6361:4,788656
Australia3,4381:7,8521,168
Jamaica2,2301:1,287224
Canada2,1971:16,7712,415
New Zealand6971:6,4971,092
South Africa5351:101,26712,264
Wales3091:10,0151,107
Scotland2791:19,1892,260
Northern Ireland1321:13,9781,959
Ireland1221:38,5983,082
Germany771:1,045,52570,954
Thailand741:954,572147,178
Spain371:1,263,56942,239
Nigeria321:5,535,711139,404
Qatar311:76,0647,685
Belize291:12,2581,436
Costa Rica281:170,7172,334
Cyprus241:36,8704,052
Netherlands231:734,22557,169
France231:2,887,944200,772
Jersey221:4,509908
Brazil211:10,194,016213,214
Philippines201:5,061,911170,869
Panama191:205,9085,804
Isle of Man191:4,517958
American Samoa171:3,280753
Zimbabwe111:1,403,47676,064
Sweden101:984,67673,605
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
China61:227,886,92811,701
Norway61:857,04855,549
India61:127,844,230863,365
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Puerto Rico41:887,5354,548
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1511:29,3372,998
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6,2331:3,911557
Scotland721:51,9893,520
Wales161:98,0264,293
Isle of Man101:5,427530
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,0511:12,3971,603

Sewell (615) may also be a first name.

Sewell Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Sewal' (v. Sigwald in Miss Yonge's History of Christian Names, ii. 310).

Sewallus de Cleton, Hertfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Sewale de Retcote, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Robert fil. Sew, Norfolkhants, ibid.

Thomas Sewald, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Godard Sewale, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Sewal atte Ponde, temp. 1300. Writs of Parliament.

Sewall Dapifer. Placitorum in domo capitulari Westmonasteriensi.

As a personal name Sewal lingered on into the 16th century:

Sewall Worth, of Titherington, Cheshire, 1520: East Cheshire.

The modern English form is Sewell. The United States have preserved Sewall from oblivion.

1586. Francis Hodges and Joanna Sewell: Marriage Lic. (Westminster).

1664. Robert Sewell and Jane Ryves: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Teutonic) 1 the Old Teutonic Sewald, Sæwald, etc. = Sea-Power [Old English sǽ = Old Norse sǽ-r, sió-r = Old Saxon O.H. Ger. séo, sea + Old English ge)w(e)ald = Old Norse uald = Old Saxon gi)wald= O.H.Ger. gi)walt, power, might] 2 the Old Teutonic Sigwald, Siguald, &c. = Victorious Power [Old English sige = Old Norse sig-r = Old Saxon O.H.Ger. sigi=Goth. sigi-s, victory] Thomas Sewald.—Hund. Rolls, A.D. 1274.

Edmund’ son Sewalli.—Inq. a. q. Damn., A.D. 1307-8.

John Sewell.—Chstr. Hearth-Tax Rtns., A.D. 1664-5.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

This can be either an English name or the anglicized form of the rare Ó Súiligh IF 307*

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(English) Descendant of Sewal (victory, strength); one who came from Sewell (seven wells), the name of places in Bedfordshire and Oxfordshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Girart de Sevele, Normandy 1180 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Roger Sevale, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

Sewell is a very old Norfolk name, going back to the 14th century.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

User-submitted Reference

A name found in England, later North America, Sweden. Y-DNA (haplotype E-V13) suggests the possibility a Balkan origin, arriving in Britain with a Roman soldier of Balkan (possibly Moesian) origin.

- dtsewall

Sewell Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sewell Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sewell (Arabic: سيويل) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sewell click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sewell? popularity and diffusion

It is the 10,722nd most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 138,972 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 66 percent of Sewell live; 62 percent live in North America and 62 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 336,805th most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 615 people.

The surname Sewell is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 30,222 people, or 1 in 11,993. In The United States it is most numerous in: Texas, where 12 percent are found, Georgia, where 8 percent are found and Maryland, where 7 percent are found. Apart from The United States Sewell occurs in 70 countries. It is also common in England, where 22 percent are found and Australia, where 7 percent are found.

Sewell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sewell has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sewell last name grew 746 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 187 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,931 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 388 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 19 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Sewell Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Anglican (64%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Sewell surname are 19.33% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.1% registered with the party.

The amount Sewell earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 136.33% more than the national average, earning 817,899 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 16.54% more than the national average, earning R 276,948 per year; in United States they earn 3.33% less than the national average, earning $41,713 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.85% more than the national average, earning $50,601 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seawell921,649/
Shewell92976/
Seiwell92240/
Siewell92108/
Seywell9222/
Sewelle927/
Seewell926/
Szewell924/
Soewell921/
Sewaell921/
Sewwell921/
Scewell920/
Seswell920/
Sewel91156/
Sewll917/
Schewell8637/
Shewelle861/
Shehwell861/
Shoewell860/
Jewell8342,443/
Sewele83443/
Sewill83115/
Szewel8396/
Sebell8390/
Seawel8387/
Shewel8320/
Sywell8319/
Zewell8319/
Siwell835/
Sewwll834/
Seweel833/
Soewll832/
Cewell832/
Gewell831/
Seywel831/
Seuwel831/
Sewelt830/
Scheswell801/
Sewl801/
Saywell771,660/
Shewele7795/
Schewel7788/
Shebell7781/
Szewiel7755/
Siebell7724/
Seabell7720/
Sehweil7717/
Soiwell7715/
Seevell7714/
Seibell777/
Chewell776/
Sheweld774/
Sheweel774/
Siwelle773/
Djewell773/
Seavell772/
Seaweil772/
Jeewell772/
Ceuwell771/
Jewwell771/
Sawaell771/
Sciwell771/
Shewael771/
Shewelt771/
Seebell771/
Sehweel771/
Sehwele771/
Seivell770/
Seawill770/
Seybell770/
Jewel7363,347/
Sebel73989/
Zewel73590/
Siwel7333/
Gewel7313/
Jewll7312/
Shewl7311/
Sowll732/
Szewl731/
Cewel731/
Xewel731/
Seebl731/
Seewl731/
Sewil730/
Sevll730/
Schebell7185/
Scheewel7124/
Schewellová7110/
Schoewel715/
Schaewel714/
Shaywell714/
Shiswell711/
Schiewel711/
Sheibell710/
Seibel6720,353/
Siebel675,027/
Siwele671,230/
Sivell67845/
Zebell67609/
Shebel67521/
Sibell67229/
Seybel67199/
Cebell6793/
Gebell6791/
Gewelt6781/
Sawiel6762/
Szebel6746/
Djewel6731/
Sybell6714/
Zeweld6714/
Shiwel6714/
Jewill6711/
Szewil6711/
Geschwell6710/
Sowael6710/
Shewil6710/
Shawll679/
Seivel679/
Siwiel678/
Sebeel677/
Giewel677/
Sehwil676/
Jeswel676/
Sawael675/
Jewwll675/
Sewiol675/
Sajwel674/
Sewile674/
Sejuel674/
Shejwl673/
Seebel673/
Ssebel673/
Jeweel673/
Sebill673/
Scebel673/
Showll672/
Chewel672/
Sawuel672/
Seabel672/
Sawill671/
Jewelt671/
Gewill671/
Scheivell671/
Siweal671/
Seavel671/
Seawil671/
Seevel671/
Syvell671/
Sowill671/
Saywel671/
Syweel671/
Hsebel671/
Jewwel671/
Scheibell671/
Shebll671/
Sheebl671/
Sheewl671/
Schewl670/
Seouel670/
Ziwell670/
Sewail670/
Jewuel670/
Cheswelll670/

Sewell Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sewell in the Arabic language
سيويلsywyl-
سويلswyl-

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