Newells Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 6
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 7
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 4
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Newells Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Newells family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 4
Labourer 2
Coal Miner 2
Police Constable 1
French Polisher 1
Soldier 20 Regiment 1
General Labourer 1
Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Newells

Name Census Frequency
John Newells 15
Thomas Newells 10
William Newells 6
Ann Newells 5
Elizabeth Newells 5
Jane Newells 4
Sarah Newells 4
Annie Newells 3
Charles Newells 3
Henry Newells 3
James Newells 3
Mary Newells 3
Richard Newells 3
Roger Newells 3
Arthur Newells 2
Catherine Newells 2
Edward Newells 2
Frederick Newells 2
Grace Newells 2
Hannah Newells 2
Joseph Newells 2
Leah Newells 2
Margaret Newells 2
Maria Newells 2
Marion Newells 2

Newells Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Nowells 86% 224
2 Newells 100% 124

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The surname Newells is the 2nd most popular variant of Nowells.

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