Rowell Family History
Rowell Name Meaning
habitational name, a variant of Rothwell
(representing the local pronunciation of the place in
Northamptonshire).habitational name from a place in Devon, so
named from Old English ruh ‘rough’, ‘overgrown’ +
hyll ‘hill’.from a medieval personal name, a pet form of
Rowe 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Rowell
Name Distribution of Rowell Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rowell families
 92 - 182  31 - 91 |
 1 - 30  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Rowell families
|
285 - 568 96 - 284 |
1 - 95 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Rowell families
|
12 - 21 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Rowell Family Origin
Rowell Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Rowell
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Rowell Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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