Explore the Family Name Adwell

The meaning of Adwell

English: 1. habitational name from a place in Oxfordshire called Adwell, named with the Old English personal name Eadda + wiella ‘stream’. 2. variant of Atwell.

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How common is the last name Adwell in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Adwell has shown a slight decline from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Adwell ranked 39,756 with a total count of 520 people carrying the name. By 2010, the rank had fallen to 42,937 and the number of individuals with this surname had dropped to 504. This represents a change in popularity rank by -8.0, and a -3.08 decrease in the total count. The proportion of people with the surname Adwell per 100k population also reduced by -10.53 during the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#39,756	#42,937	-8%
Count	520	504	-3.08%
Proportion per 100k	0.19	0.17	-10.53%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Adwell

Discussing the ethnic identity associated with the surname Adwell, again using data from the Decennial U.S. Census, we see some notable changes from 2000 to 2010. Predominantly identified as White, the percentage decreased slightly from 95.38% in 2000 to 93.45% in 2010. The percentage of those identifying as Two or more races also fell by -31.21. However, there was a significant increase in the number identifying as Hispanic, from 1.15% in 2000 to 3.77% in 2010, a change of 227.83%. Additionally, there was a small increase in those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native, up 44.79% to 1.39%. Meanwhile, there were no recorded individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.38%	93.45%	-2.02%
Hispanic	1.15%	3.77%	227.83%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.96%	1.39%	44.79%
Two or More Races	1.73%	1.19%	-31.21%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%