Yell Family History
Yell Name Meaning
English (Essex): unexplained; perhaps from the personal name
Yuel, a form of the Biblical name Joel.Scottish
(Shetland): from the name of the principal island of the Shetlands.
According to Black, ‘Persons of this name in Shetland have changed to
Dalziel, probably from the idea of its being more aristocratic, and
spell it Deyell or De Yell.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Yell Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Yell families
 9 - 16  4 - 8 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Yell families
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26 - 49 9 - 25 |
1 - 8 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Yell families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Yell Family Origin
Yell Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Yell
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Yell Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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