Last Name SOMERVELL

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Meaning	Local: De Somerville. The progenitor of the noble femily was Walter de Somerville, lord of Wicknor, in Staffordshire, and of Aston Somervill, in county Gloucester, who came into ENgland with Willam the Conqueror, and left two sons, who became ancestors respectively of the ENglish and of the Scottish Somervilles. This name has been amglicized to Somerfield.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	120,330 (2000 US census)

Count	133 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

94.74%, or 126 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as black,
5.26%, or 7 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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