Mowell Family History
Mowell Name Meaning
English: from Middle English moul, an older form of
mule ‘mule’, which was altered under Norman French influence
(see Mule). This would have been a nickname for a stubborn
person or a metonymic occupational name for a driver of pack animals.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Mowell Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Mowell families
 11 - 19  4 - 10 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Mowell families
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17 - 31 6 - 16 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Mowell Family Origin
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Mowell Family Occupations
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