Bagwell Family History
Bagwell Name Meaning
English: of uncertain origin. It may be a variant of
Backwell, a habitational name from Backwell in Somerset, named
with Old English bæc ‘ridge’ + wella ‘spring’,
‘stream’, or possibly from Bakewell in Derbyshire (see
Bakewell). Alternatively, it may be from a minor place named
with an unattested Old English word, bagga ‘ badger’ +
wella ‘spring’, ‘stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Bagwell Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bagwell families
 79 - 156  27 - 78 |
 1 - 26  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bagwell families
|
36 - 70 13 - 35 |
1 - 12 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Bagwell last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bagwell Family Origin
Bagwell Immigration Information
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Bagwell Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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