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wells Name Meaning and History

  1. English: habitational name from any of several places named with the plural of Old English well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’, or a topopgraphical name from this word (in its plural form), for example Wells in Somerset or Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk.
  2. Translation of French Dupuis or any of its variants.

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The wells name in History

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Distribution of wells Families in the US in 1920
Vermont: 1% (183 of 23072)New Hampshire: 1% (143 of 23072)Maryland: 1% (335 of 23072)Delaware: Less than 1% (56 of 23072)New Jersey: 2% (430 of 23072)Connecticut: 1% (277 of 23072)Rhode Island: Less than 1% (86 of 23072)Massachusetts: 3% (696 of 23072)Hawaii: Less than 1% (6 of 23072)Alaska: Less than 1% (13 of 23072)California: 4% (954 of 23072)Nevada: Less than 1% (20 of 23072)Oregon: 1% (230 of 23072)Washington: 1% (298 of 23072)Idaho: 1% (120 of 23072)Utah: Less than 1% (92 of 23072)Arizona: Less than 1% (62 of 23072)New Mexico: Less than 1% (43 of 23072)Colorado: 1% (238 of 23072)Wyoming: Less than 1% (49 of 23072)Montana: 1% (133 of 23072)North Dakota: Less than 1% (67 of 23072)South Dakota: Less than 1% (113 of 23072)Nebraska: 1% (286 of 23072)Kansas: 2% (475 of 23072)Oklahoma: 3% (675 of 23072)Texas: 4% (1010 of 23072)Minnesota: 1% (220 of 23072)Iowa: 2% (514 of 23072)Missouri: 4% (955 of 23072)Arkansas: 2% (569 of 23072)Louisiana: 1% (298 of 23072)Illinois: 6% (1316 of 23072)Wisconsin: 1% (228 of 23072)Michigan: 3% (653 of 23072)Indiana: 3% (665 of 23072)Ohio: 6% (1362 of 23072)Kentucky: 6% (1278 of 23072)West Virginia: 2% (360 of 23072)Tennessee: 2% (567 of 23072)Mississippi: 3% (670 of 23072)Alabama: 2% (430 of 23072)Florida: 1% (331 of 23072)Georgia: 3% (743 of 23072)South Carolina: 2% (359 of 23072)North Carolina: 2% (445 of 23072)Virginia: 3% (746 of 23072)Maryland: 1% (335 of 23072)Delaware: Less than 1% (56 of 23072)New Jersey: 2% (430 of 23072)Pennsylvania: 4% (968 of 23072)New York: 8% (1927 of 23072)Connecticut: 1% (277 of 23072)Rhode Island: Less than 1% (86 of 23072)Massachusetts: 3% (696 of 23072)Vermont: 1% (183 of 23072)New Hampshire: 1% (143 of 23072)Maine: Less than 1% (112 of 23072)
Number of wells families
 965-1927
 322-964		 1-321
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WELLS in MI sec412_ 0
THERON WELLS x MIRANDA CHAFFEE -CT., PA. Kim_Forsman 29
Mary Ethel Wells b.1895, Foard Co. TX; d.1966 troopster001 0
Rollin S Wells - Death _Tootsie 0
Worden Wells - Michigan casay2150 5
Samuel D Wells, Matilda Brunk Marilyn1233 20
Desourdy/Wells ratliff561 0
Thomas William Wells of Loudoun County, Virginia (1700s) DonnNeal75 49
Information on a Silas Wells Deana (Wells) Cook 3
William Wells dec'd, Ky Deed to Wm & A.Turner/Miami Tribe Toni Jollay Prevost 1
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