Last Name WELLS

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Meaning Local: At the well. Of course Wells, saving in particular cases, has nothing to do with the city of Wells in the West country. The final 's' is added in common with other monosyllabic local surnames. There is also a parish Wells-by-the-Sea, in diocese Northwich.
Local: A name given to a person who resided there. "John, at the Wells" - John Wells. A bishop's see in Somersetshire, so called from the wells or springs there.
Origin English, Jewish, Dutch, French, Greek, Polish, Irish, Falkland, South african, Hungarian

Rank 131 (2000 US census) 124 (1990 US census)
Count 170,635 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 76.31%, or 130212 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 19.34%, or 33001 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.37%, or 631 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.8%, or 1365 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.61%, or 2747 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.56%, or 2662 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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