Appel Family History
- Appel Name Meaning
- German: from the personal name Appel, a pet form of Apprecht (common especially in Thuringia and Franconia), itself a variant of Albrecht. German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Low German Ap(p)el, Middle Dutch appel, or Yiddish epl ‘apple’, hence an occupational name for a grower or seller of the fruit. As a Jewish ornamental name, it is generally ornamental rather than occupational. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant spelling of Apel.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 395,942 Historical Documents with Appel on Ancestry
- 203,091 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 39,285 Census and Voter Lists
- 19,007 Military Records
- 15,624 Immigration Records
- 118,935 Member Trees
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Number of Appel families
 14 - 26  5 - 13 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Appel families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Appel census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
Appel census records
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