Wells in my family tree
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a spring or stream, Middle English well(e) (Old English well(a)).
Variants: Wall, Will, Wool; Weller, Welling, Wellings, Wellman, Wells, Welman.
Cognates: Low German: Welle, Weller, Wellmann. Dutch: Van Wel, Van Wels, Van der Wel, Van der Wels, Welman.
Wells or variants was the 121st most common name in England and Wales according to a survey taken by H.M.Treasury in 1944, with a relative frequency of 0.10%.
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