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fels Name Meaning and History

  1. German: topographic name for someone who lived near high ground or by a prominent crag, from Middle High German vels ‘rock’, ‘cliff’.
  2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Fels ‘rock’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of fels Families in the US in 1840
Number of fels families
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