Elwell Family History
Elwell Name Meaning
English: habitational name, most probably from a place in Dorset,
named from Old English h?l ‘omen’ + well(a)
‘spring’, ‘stream’; the reference is presumably to pagan river
worship. Two minor places with this name in Devon are probably named
as ‘elder-tree spring’, from Old English ellern ‘elder tree’ +
well(a). The surname is now found chiefly in the West
Midlands. Compare Halliwell.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Elwell Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Elwell families
 251 - 499  84 - 250 |
 1 - 83  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Elwell families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Elwell Family Origin
Elwell Emigration Information (US)
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Elwell Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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