Swells 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 1
Devon 1
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 3
Lincolnshire 1
London 6
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

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

Swells Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Swells family

Profession Census Frequency
Servant 2
Cotton Weaver 2
General Dealer 2
Farm Servant 1
Plumber & Glazier 1
Shop Boy 1
House Servant 1
Book Binder 1
Dealer 1
General Agent 1
Shoe Binder 1
Gardener 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Swells

Name Census Frequency
William Swells 24
Elizabeth Swells 17
John Swells 16
Sarah Swells 15
Mary Swells 11
George Swells 8
Charles Swells 7
Henry Swells 7
Eliza Swells 6
Robert Swells 6
Thomas Swells 5
Alice Swells 4
Emma Swells 4
Frederick Swells 4
Arthur Swells 3
Augusta Swells 3
Edith Swells 3
Ellen Swells 3
Florence Swells 3
Florrie Swells 3
Herbert Swells 3
James Swells 3
Maria Swells 3
Adeline Swells 2
Albert Swells 2

Swells Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Swells 100% 241
2 Sewells 86% 147

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The surname Swells is the most popular version of all its varients

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