Find out how popular the last name Tewell is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Tewell.

Tewell, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Tewell surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Tewell in America

Tewell is the 22530th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Tewell surname appeared 1,141 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Tewell.

We can also compare 2010 data for Tewell to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Tewell

The surname Tewell is believed to have originated in England during the medieval period. It is thought to be a locational name, derived from a place name like Tewkesbury or Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, which means "Tew's settlement" or "Tew's fortified place" from the Old English personal name Tew and the word "burh" meaning a fortified place.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Tewell can be found in the Pipe Rolls of Gloucestershire from 1197, where a Robert de Teukesbyr is mentioned. This suggests that the name had already become established as a locational surname by the late 12th century.

In the 13th century, a Roger de Teukesbury is listed in the Curia Regis Rolls of Gloucestershire in 1221. This provides further evidence of the surname's early roots in the county of Gloucestershire.

The Hundred Rolls of 1273 record a William de Teukesbury in Oxfordshire, indicating that the surname had spread beyond its original locale by this time.

A notable figure bearing the surname Tewell was John Tewell, a 14th-century English cleric who served as the Archdeacon of Berkshire from 1349 to 1361.

Another early bearer of the name was Thomas Tewell, a 15th-century landowner and yeoman from Gloucestershire, who is mentioned in various tax records and land transactions from the period.

In the 16th century, the surname appears in various parish records across England, with spellings such as Tewkesbury, Tuksbury, and Tewksbury, reflecting the variations in pronunciation and spelling that were common at the time.

One notable individual from this period was William Tewell, a merchant and alderman of the City of London, who is recorded as having lived from around 1520 to 1585.

As the surname spread across England over the centuries, it also found its way to other parts of the British Isles and eventually to various parts of the world through migration and colonization.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Tewell

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Tewell.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Tewell was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Tewell has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Tewell was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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