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The axtell Surname

axtell Name Meaning and History

English and Scottish: from the Old Norse personal name Ásketill, composed of the elements áss ‘god’ + ketill ‘kettle’, ‘helmet’ (see Haskell). This name was in use both among Scandinavian settlers in northern England and among the Normans.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of axtell Families in the US in 1920
Number of axtell families
 34-65
 12-33
 1-11
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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