Sewell Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Sewell Name Meaning: Derives from the Anglo-Saxon forename 'Soeweald'/'Sigeweald', which means 'sea victory/power'

A name given to someone from a place named 'Sewell' or similar, often named due to the place having a spring. Also may have been an occuptaionla name for a sailor or someone who worked at sea.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Sewell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Sewell family

Profession Census Frequency
School 860
Private Means 87
Farm Labourer 73
General Labourer 48
General Servant (domestic) 48
None 48
Dressmaker 44
Labourer 44
Domestic Servant 32
At School 30
Coal Miner Hewer 29
Clerk 28
Scholar 28
Farmer 28
House Painter 23
Shop Assistant 23
Gardener Domestic 18
Charwoman 18
General Servant Domestic 18
House Keeper 18
Labourer On Farm 18
Cook (domestic) 17
Nil 17
Housekeeper 16
Laundress 16

Sewell Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Sewell 100% 41,974
2 Sawell 83% 1,975
3 Sowell 83% 1,747
4 Oswell 67% 1,688
5 Swell 83% 1,150
6 Seawell 86% 699
7 Sewel 83% 633
8 Swall 67% 427
9 Sewill 83% 370
10 Aswell 67% 286
11 Sewall 83% 206
12 Swille 50% 117

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