The knoell Surname

knoell Name Meaning and History

German (Knöll): nickname for a peasant or for a crude uncouth person, from Middle High German knolle ‘sod’, ‘lump of earth’ (with diminutive unlaut, typical of some dialects).

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The knoell name in History

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Distribution of knoell Families in the US in 1920

Number of knoell families

9-16

4-8

1-3

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Thread	Author	Replies
christopher knoell	Jan Knoell	2
knoell family / james knoell	kirk kobiela /kirk knoell	3
Knoell information	Stacy	5
Knoell Info	Chris McDonald	18
Konell/Knoell of Madlov, Bohemia in mid 1800s	Audrey_Annable	1
Emil Konell/Knoell of Rokitnitz Bohemia b. 1855	Audrey_Annable	0
Elsie A. (nee Wollenberg) Knoell	kalotac	0
Barbarae Knoell, Born in Germany abt.1790	Evans	0
uncle john	Jan Knoell	0

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