Fretwewll Surname

14,316,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
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Fretwewll Surname Definition:

Said by Camden to be a corruption of the Norman De Frecheville, but is more probably derived from Fritwell, a parish in Oxfordshire.

Fretwewll Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Fretwewll Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Said by Camden to be a corruption of the Norman De Frecheville, but is more probably derived from Fritwell, a parish in Oxfordshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Fritwell, a parish co. Oxon. Camden however thinks it a corruption of the Norman De Fresheville (Latinised De Frisca-villa). From the latter we have Freshville, and perhaps Freshfield.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Fretewell: The Fretewells are now represent in the Chesterfield district. Mrs. Fretchvile of Stanley was of the Derbyshire contributors to the fund collected for a defence of the country at the time of the Spanish invasion in 1588, her donation being £25 (Sp.). Fritwell is the name of an Oxfordshire parish, and a family of De Fretewelle o__ Fretewell resided in that county in the 13th century (H. R.) __ Amongst the Eyam families who suffered heavily during __ plague in 1666 was that of Frith (W.). Samuel Frith, of 1__ Hall, was high sheriff of Derbyshire in 1781 (P.). The name is also established in the Northwich district of Cheshire, and in the county of Somerset.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

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