Last Name WINDELL

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Meaning Local: Of Windhill, a hamlet in the township of Idle, county York. The tendency of the suffix 'hill' is to become '-le.' Also 'of Windle,' a township in the parish of Prescot, county Lancashire.
Origin English, Swedish, Irish, South african

Rank 32,338 (2000 US census) 32,565 (1990 US census)
Count 671 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 91.65%, or 615 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 2.53%, or 17 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.64%, or 11 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.83%, or 19 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


English surnames

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Scottish surnames

Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

Ukrainian middle names

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.


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