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The llewellyn Surname

llewellyn Name Meaning and History

Welsh: from the Welsh personal name Llywelyn (anciently Lugobelinos), probably derived from the element llyw ‘leader’, although the exact formation is unclear. This was the name of two princes of North Wales who held the Normans at bay for many years in the 13th century. Etymologically speaking, the form with a fourth -l- is an error, not found as an original Welsh name, but this is now much the most common spelling in the U.S.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of llewellyn Families in the US in 1920
Number of llewellyn families
 77-152
 26-76		 1-25
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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