Surname Checker / Howell
How Common Is the Last Name Howell?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Howell today
124,054
Ranked #272 of 162,254 published surnames · 37.98 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 112,041 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
79.48%
Black
15.08%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.46%
Hispanic
2.46%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.