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carel Name Meaning and History

French: from Old French quar(r)el ‘bolt (for a crossbow)’ (Late Latin quadrellum, a diminutive of quadrum ‘square’), hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of crossbow bolts, or a nickname for a short, stout man.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of carel Families in the US in 1920
Number of carel families
 12-22
 5-11		 1-4
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Origin of Carels??? Nathan 6
Carel, Clarence M. Edited artyjaniee 0
CAREL, up againist a brick wall. artyjaniee 0
Carel, Clarence M. artyjaniee 0
Franklin Carel CandaceLombardo 0
William H. Carel/ Anna Hinnencamp Jeannette Frey Hiatt 5
CAREL IN LUXEMBOURG BUSYLADYTOO 2
Marie Carel SPelky3403 2
B.C. Carel the Fisher/Kirkham Connection Cashtown 0
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