Family name Sowell (سويل 
, Sowell 
) , in the entire world, is quite a common surname. The last name Sowell is characteristic of Libya, where it is quite a rare surname, the United States, and New Zealand, where it is a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in the United States, Libya, and Canada. Much less frequently, Sowell is the forename as well as the last name.
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| سويل | Egypt, Iran, Yemen, Iraq, Libya |
| Sowell | Malaysia, Canada, United States, New Zealand, United Kingdom |
| andrew jackson sowell American pioneer, US (b. 1815) |
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| andrew jackson sowell author (b. 1848) |
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| sowell j. choate (b. 1842) |
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thomas sowell American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author, US (b. 1930) |
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bobby sowell American musician, US (b. 1947) |
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| clyde sowell American baseball player, US (b. 1931) |
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| arnie sowell American middle-distance runner, US (b. 1935) |
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bradley sowell player of American football, US (b. 1989) |
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| madison u. sowell American Mormon missionary, US (b. 1952) |
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| anthony sowell American serial killer and dead row inmate, US (b. 1959) |
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| robert sowell former professional American football player (1961-2015), US (b. 1961) |
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| dawn sowell American sprinter, US (b. 1966) |
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| jerald sowell American football player, US (b. 1974) |
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| adam sowell baseball player (1979-) (b. 1979) |
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| shaunna sowell American engineer |
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