habitational name from any of various minor places,
for example in Cumbria, Northumberland, and Gloucestershire, all named
from Old English lang ‘long’ + wella ‘spring’,
‘stream’.
(of Norman origin): habitational name from
Longueville-sur-Scie (formerly Longueville-la-Gifart) in
Seine-Inférieure, France.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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