as a Last Name
- 105,978
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Howell
Meaning & Origins
Welsh: from the personal name Hywel ‘eminent’, popular since the Middle Ages in particular in honor of the great 10th-century law-giving Welsh king.
| 242nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 105,978
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Mississippi
- has the most people named Howell per capita
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