Arundel Family History
Arundel Name Meaning
habitational name from a place in West Sussex, seat of
the Dukes of Norfolk, named Arundel, from Old English
harhune ‘horehound’ (a plant) + dell ‘valley’.(of Norman origin): nickname for someone supposedly
resembling a swallow, from Old French arondel, diminutive of
arond ‘swallow’ (Latin hirundo, confused with
(h)arundo ‘reed’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Arundel
Name Distribution of Arundel Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Arundel families
 170 - 337  57 - 169 |
 1 - 56  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Arundel families
|
9 - 16 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Arundel Family Origin
Arundel Emigration Information (US)
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Arundel Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Arundel
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