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The axel Surname

axel Name Meaning and History

  1. Scandinavian, Dutch, and North German: from the personal name Apsel, Danish and North German vernacular form of the Biblical name Absolom. As a Scandinavian surname it is a shortened form of the patronymic forms Axelsson or Axelsen.
  2. Belgian and Dutch: habitational name for someone from either of two places, Aksel in East Flanders or Axel in Zeeland.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The axel name in History

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Distribution of axel Families in the US in 1920
Number of axel families
 11-20
 4-10		 1-3
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 6 - Messages: 19
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Axel Family Martha Spann 13
Anne Excell (Exall, Exoll, Axell, Axoll) Gloucester Co.-VA 5Jun1654 RFPage 0
Swedish Axels hndcaudle63 0
Axel surname from Germany and Russia ekdye 0
Johan Fredrik Axell Mats Axell 0
Axell Cheryle 0
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