Orrell Family History
Orrell Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): habitational name from either of two
minor places in Lancashire called Orell, from Old English
ora ‘ore’ + hyll ‘hill’, probably denoting a hill
with deposits of iron ore. Reaney and Wilson also mention a medieval
female personal name, Orella, but there is no evidence of a
link with the surname.Swedish: unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Orrell Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Orrell families
 549 - 1,096  184 - 548 |
 1 - 183  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Orrell families
|
5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Orrell Family Origin
Orrell Emigration Information (US)
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Orrell Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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