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council Name Meaning and History

English: nickname for a wise or thoughtful man, from Anglo-Norman French counseil ‘consultation’, ‘deliberation’, also ‘counsel’, ‘advice’ (Latin consilium, from consulere ‘to consult’). This form was probably influenced by the similar meaning of Anglo-Norman French councile ‘council’, ‘assembly’ (Latin concilium ‘assembly’, from the archaic verb concalere ‘to call together’, ‘to summon’), and it may also have been an occupational name for a member of a royal council or, more probably, a manorial council.
Americanized spelling of German Künzel (see Kuenzel).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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council Family Facts

Distribution of council Families in the US in 1920

Number of council families

80-157

27-79

1-26

Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Arthur Council and James Council	Ima_Searching	3
Ethel or Elsie Mae Council	Renay Staton	4
Hodges Council lineage to IL...	SusanDavis65	33
Lucy Ann Council NC	beanpicker08	3
olive council	brian justice	5
Jesse Council, North Carolina	Victoria Lawing	1
Council-Nicholson in Currituck Co NC	Joelle Garlow	1
Arthur Joseph Council Jr	Theresa "Council" Longley	1
Sarah Council of North Carolina	MrsVan	3
Lemuel Council b. 1780 to 1790 Edgecombe NC	RoseWillis45	3

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