Jewell Surname

13,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42,443 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Jewell Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Joel'; Old English Juel and Jewel, v. Joel; compare Job and Jubb, Jordan and Jurden, &c.

Warin fil. Juelis, Devon, Henry III Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp.

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Jewell Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States29,3371:12,3551,527
England4,7951:11,6201,708
Australia3,2301:8,3581,242
Canada2,2391:16,4562,378
Bangladesh7211:221,0227,250
South Africa7021:77,1769,564
Wales3151:9,8241,087
Ghana2771:97,5489,187
New Zealand2431:18,6353,271
Scotland1261:42,4913,911
Spain411:1,140,29440,056
Isle of Man361:2,384463
Ireland351:134,5416,387
United Arab Emirates331:277,64519,302
Thailand321:2,207,448250,768
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Brazil201:10,703,717220,519
Israel201:427,88233,464
France181:3,690,151224,666
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
Jersey121:8,2671,718
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
Bahrain91:149,8455,469
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
India51:153,413,076951,030
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Guam11:160,1214,893
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland271:164,0698,499
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,9791:8,1821,249
Wales1641:9,564582
Scotland101:374,32210,959
Jersey61:8,6471,503
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,6321:8,9171,142

Jewell (25,807) may also be a first name.

Jewell Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Joel'; Old English Juel and Jewel, v. Joel; compare Job and Jubb, Jordan and Jurden, &c.

Warin fil. Juelis, Devon, Henry III Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Juel de Stanhuse, Devon, ibid.

Juel de Buketon, Devon, ibid.

Jordan fil. Juel, 25 Edward I: Calendarium Genealogicum: Henry III-Edward I.

Jordan fil Jowell, 25 Edward I: ibid.

William Juel, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

John Juell, Close Rolls, 18 Richard II.

John Jowell, sheriff of Norwich, 1486: History of Norfolk.

Robert Jewelson, of Skipton, Yorks, 1741: Dawson's History of Skipton.

A curious mixture of the old form and the new is found in the following entries:

1615. Buried — Elizabeth. d. Joell Jewell: St. Columb Major.

1639. — Senobie, widow of Joell Juell: ibid.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Hebrew) for Joel, q.v. (Celtic) for the Breton Juhel [v. under Jekyll]

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of Jewell or Joel (Jehovah is God).

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Probably a corruption of the French Jules, Julius.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Joy, mirth.

— The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames (1862) by Clifford Stanley Sims (1839-1896)

Joy, mirth, precious; a jewel, a precious stone; a name expressive of fondness.

— An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

John, Bishop of Salisbury, the famous divine, was born at Bowdon, Devon, where the family of Juel or Fitz-Joel had been long resident. A Juell occurs c. 1450 (Pole, Devon, 375), and in 1242 Warin Fitz-Juel held a knight’s fee, which had been granted by the Earl of Mortaine at the Conquest (Testa de Neville, 184). Thomas Fitz-Juel at the same time held lands from the Barony of Totness (Ib. 176). The Jewells descended from a younger son of this line. This family derived probably from Juel or Judael de Mayenne, Baron of Totness and Barnstaple, t. William I. (see Mayne, Maine), a Breton noble. Be held lands from the Earl of Mortaine, besides his own barony; and a portion of the former, as well as a fief created in the Barony of Totness, seems to have passed to the younger branch named Fitz-Juel. The name of Juel long continued in the descendants of Judael de Mayenne.

— The Norman People (1874)

Helias and Robert Juels, Normandy, 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); William Joel, &c., Engl. c. 1272 (RB).

— The Norman People (1874)

From the Danish, Hjul, Juell, Juuel, Juul; a personal name.$

— British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Jewell was the name of a member of the Truro corporation about the middle of last century, and of a commissioner of the county in the time of Cromwell (P.). The name is still in the town.

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

Jewell was the name of a gentle family of Bowden in the parish of Berry - Narbor or Berryn - Arbor, near Ilfracombe, in the 16th and 17th centuries; to this family belonged John Jewell, the noted Bishop of Salisbury, who was born at Berryn - Arbor in 1522 (W. and Pr.). The name is now well represented in the Bideford district, but still occurs in Berry. Narbor. It has also long been a Cornish name.

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy
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Jewell Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 27 (1901)

Religious Adherence
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Jewell Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jewell Come From? nationality or country of origin

Jewell is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Jewell? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 13,195th most commonly used surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 171,702 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 74 percent of Jewell are found; 74 percent are found in North America and 74 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Jewell is also the 31,228th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 25,807 people.

This last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 29,337 people, or 1 in 12,355. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 7 percent live, Michigan, where 7 percent live and Ohio, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account The United States Jewell exists in 75 countries. It also occurs in England, where 11 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.

Jewell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Jewell has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 521 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 161 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 192 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 1,260 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 130 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Jewell Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Anglican (59%) in Ireland.

In The United States Jewell are 15.48% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.25% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Jewell earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 41.89% more than the national average, earning R 337,176 per year; in United States they earn 1.85% less than the national average, earning $42,349 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.42% more than the national average, earning $50,390 CAD per year.

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Jewl8011/
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Seiwell77240/
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Sewll737/
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Jesuel677/
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Siwell675/
Juiwel674/
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Jiwele672/
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