Newell

31,405 people in the United States were counted with the surname Newell in the 2020 census, making it the 1,098th most common in the country. That is about one person in 9,518.

By the numbers

People: 31,405
Rank: 1,098th
How common: 1 in 9,518
Per 100,000: 10.5

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Newell described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 75.9%
Black, not Hispanic 15.3%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino 3.4%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Newell

Gabe Newell (born 1962)American computer programmer and businessman
Mike Newell (born 1942)British director and producer
Allen Newell (1927–1992)American cognitive scientist
Alex Newell (born 1992)American actor and singer
Annika Newell (born 1993)Canadian athletics competitor
Andrew Newell (born 1983)American cross-country skier

People named Newell with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Newell

Also a first name

Newell has been given to 3,319 American babies as a first name since 1881, peaking in 1916. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.