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Gorrell Name Meaning
nickname from Middle English gorrell ‘fat man’
(from Old French gorel ‘pig’).from the Old English
personal name Garwulf, composed of the elements
gar ‘spear’ + wulf ‘wolf’.habitational name from
any of various places named with Old English gor ‘dirt’, ‘mud’
+ wella ‘spring’, ‘stream’, such as Gorwell in Essex and
Dorset, or Gorrell in Devon.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Gorrell Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gorrell families
 34 - 65  12 - 33 |
 1 - 11  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gorrell families
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18 - 34 7 - 17 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gorrell families
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6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Gorrell Family Origin
Gorrell Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Gorrell
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Gorrell Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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