Wells Family History
Wells Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places named
with the plural of Old English well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’, or a
topopgraphical name from this word (in its plural form), for example
Wells in Somerset or Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk.Translation of French Dupuis or any of its variants.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Wells Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wells families
 965 - 1,927  322 - 964 |
 1 - 321  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Wells families
|
2,658 - 5,313 887 - 2,657 |
1 - 886 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Wells families
|
89 - 176 30 - 88 |
1 - 29 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Wells census records
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Wells Family Origin
Wells Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Wells
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Wells Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Wells census records
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