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The farnell Surname

farnell Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from any of the many places, such as Farnell (Kent, Wiltshire), Farnhill (West Yorkshire), and Fernhill (Cheshire), named from Old English fearn ‘fern’ + hyll ‘hill’. In a few cases it may also derive from Farnell in Angus, Scotland, although the surname is not now common in Scotland.

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

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the farnell family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of farnell Families in the US in 1920
Number of farnell families
 17-31
 6-16		 1-5
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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