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Dambell Family History

Dambell Surname Meaning

From Middle English dame ‘lady’ (Old French dame) + the personal name Bele a short form of Isabel probably denoting the servant of a woman called (Isa)bel; compare Johannes Dame Alisman' 1379 in Poll Tax (Aberford WR Yorks) where the relationship is explicit.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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You can see how Dambell families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Dambell family name was found in the USA, and the UK between 1891 and 1920. The most Dambell families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1891 there were 10 Dambell families living in Lancashire. This was about 91% of all the recorded Dambell's in United Kingdom. Lancashire had the highest population of Dambell families in 1891.
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