Sowels is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 6 characters long in length.
Sowels is variation of the Soules. An ancient Scottish family dating from the reign of King David I, when Ranulphus de Soules flourished. His descendants were hereditary butlers of Scotland, under the title of Pincerna Regis or Butellarius Regis. The family seemto have conferred their name, Soulestoun, upon the lands in East Lothian, now Saltoun or Salton.
Variant form of Sowle. See Soul - Not improbably from Soulle, a town and river in the department of La Manche in Normandy.
Sowels is the variant form of Sola. Dweller at the pass or gorge.
Sowels is form of Soule. Dweller at, or near, a muddy pond.
Lastname Sowels is the variant of Sole. 1. Two small rivers in Scotland are so called. 2. Sola and Sol were German names of the VIII and IX centuries. One Sol was a tenant in Herefordshire before the making of Domesday.
Sowels is variant of Soul. Not improbably from Soulle, a town and river in the department of La Manche in Normandy.
How popular is Sowels?
Despite the fact that the number of Sowels bearers increased by 5.69 per cent in 2010 US census to 223 since 2000, the surname slipped by 1132 spots and ranked at 84136. The last name was found in merely 8 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.
| Race | 2010 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|
| Black | 67.26 | 65.4 |
| White | 31.84 | 34.12 |