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The ellis Surname

ellis Name Meaning and History

English and Welsh: from the medieval personal name Elis, a vernacular form of Elijah (see Elias). In Wales this surname absorbed forms derived from the Welsh personal name Elisedd, a derivative of elus ‘kindly’, ‘benevolent’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of ellis Families in the US in 1920
Number of ellis families
 850-1697
 284-849		 1-283
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