Explore the Family Name Vowell

The meaning of Vowell

English (Durham): variant of Fowle.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

The surname Vowell significantly rose in popularity from 2000 to 2010, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, it ranked 20,072 in popularity, but by 2010, it jumped up to 13,057, marking a noticeable increase of 34.95 percent. The count of people with this surname also saw a significant rise, from 1,236 in 2000 to 2,351 in 2010, a change of 90.21 percent. Moreover, the proportion of people named Vowell per 100,000 increased from 0.46 in 2000 to 0.8 in 2010, indicating a 73.91 percent growth.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#20,072	#13,057	34.95%
Count	1,236	2,351	90.21%
Proportion per 100k	0.46	0.8	73.91%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Vowell

When it comes to the ethnic identity associated with the surname Vowell, there were some shifts observed from 2000 to 2010, as per the Decennial U.S. Census data. While the majority of individuals possessing the surname identified as White — 95.15 percent in 2000 and 91.92 percent in 2010, the data shows a slight decrease in this category over the decade. Interestingly, there was an increase in those identifying as Black, from 0.89 percent to 2.13 percent. There were also increases in those identifying as Hispanic (from 1.78 percent to 2.76 percent) and with two or more races (from 1.21 percent to 1.91 percent). Additionally, new categories appeared in 2010 that were not recorded in 2000, including Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native, both at 0.64 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.15%	91.92%	-3.39%
Hispanic	1.78%	2.76%	55.06%
Black	0.89%	2.13%	139.33%
Two or More Races	1.21%	1.91%	57.85%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.64%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.64%	0%