Ell Family History
Ell Name Meaning
German and Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a dealer in
cloth or a tailor, from Middle High German, Middle Low German
el(l)e ‘yardstick’, ‘length of the lower arm’.German: from
a short form, Edilo, from any of various Germanic personal
names composed with adal ‘noble family’.English:
from the female personal name Ela, a reduced form of
Elena and possibly also of Eleanor.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Ell Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Ell families
 45 - 88  16 - 44 |
 1 - 15  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Ell last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Ell Family Origin
Ell Emigration Information (US)
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Ell Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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