The karel Surname

karel Name Meaning and History

Dutch, German, Czech, and Slovenian: from the personal name Karel (see Charles).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The karel name in History

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

karel Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of karel Families in the US in 1920

Number of karel families

12-21

5-11

1-4

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Katerina Karel	Steven Ceplecha	7
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Anna Karel	LRead0349	44
Karel Karel	crna12481	0
Karel Family Web Page Review	JonKarel28	3
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Wallace Aurther Karel of Minnisota	Christina	0
Karel family of NYC, & MI looking for information..Fred, William, Nettie, Anna., Ruderic.	is4roots2	0
Karel Family	Douglas Karel	0

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