Howell Family History
Howell Name Meaning
Welsh: from the personal name Hywel ‘eminent’, popular
since the Middle Ages in particular in honor of the great 10th-century
law-giving Welsh king.English: habitational name from Howell in
Lincolnshire, so named from an Old English hugol ‘mound’,
‘hillock’ or hune ‘hoarhound’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Howell
Name Distribution of Howell Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Howell families
 484 - 965  162 - 483 |
 1 - 161  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Howell families
|
1,090 - 2,177 364 - 1,089 |
1 - 363 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Howell families
|
28 - 54 10 - 27 |
1 - 9 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Howell Family Origin
Howell Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Howell
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Howell Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Howell census records
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Howell Civil War Service Records
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