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The kell Surname

kell Name Meaning and History

  1. from Middle High, Middle Low German kelle ‘trowel’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of such tools.
  2. habitational name from any of the places, especially in Rhineland, named Kell, from Middle Low German kel (a field name denoting swampy land), or from kelle ‘steep path’, ‘ravine’ (see Kelle).

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

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

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Distribution of kell Families in the US in 1920
Number of kell families
 55-107
 19-54		 1-18
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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