Pell Surname
Approximately 12,923 people bear this surname
Pell Surname Definition:
(1) This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Pell,' probably for Phil, i.e. Philip.
Walter fil. Peile, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William Peile, Oxfordshire, ibid.
1414. John Pelles, rector of Twyford, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.
Read More About This SurnamePell Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,196 | 1:58,499 | 6,931 |
| England | 3,269 | 1:17,044 | 2,458 |
| Australia | 1,851 | 1:14,584 | 2,067 |
| Canada | 402 | 1:91,656 | 10,045 |
| Germany | 158 | 1:509,528 | 43,279 |
| New Zealand | 121 | 1:37,424 | 6,365 |
| Argentina | 101 | 1:423,202 | 32,207 |
| Austria | 91 | 1:93,576 | 13,671 |
| Spain | 85 | 1:550,024 | 26,624 |
| Wales | 57 | 1:54,290 | 4,971 |
| France | 51 | 1:1,302,406 | 132,002 |
| Scotland | 50 | 1:107,076 | 7,147 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| South Africa | 40 | 1:1,354,443 | 73,245 |
| Sweden | 33 | 1:298,387 | 20,789 |
| Malaysia | 28 | 1:1,053,365 | 46,873 |
| Mexico | 27 | 1:4,597,267 | 27,985 |
| Israel | 27 | 1:316,949 | 27,106 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Russia | 23 | 1:6,266,220 | 254,708 |
| Italy | 21 | 1:2,912,223 | 98,106 |
| Northern Ireland | 17 | 1:108,532 | 6,545 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Czechia | 15 | 1:708,898 | 64,682 |
| Poland | 15 | 1:2,533,917 | 108,409 |
| Hungary | 14 | 1:701,163 | 38,752 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Bermuda | 12 | 1:5,440 | 820 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 7 | 1:15,768 | 2,111 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Micronesia | 4 | 1:26,561 | 731 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Vatican City | 1 | 1:117 | 4 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 21 | 1:210,946 | 9,809 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,497 | 1:16,283 | 2,386 |
| Wales | 18 | 1:87,134 | 3,963 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,097 | 1:45,778 | 5,288 |
Pell (323) may also be a first name.
Pell Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(1) This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Pell,' probably for Phil, i.e. Philip.
Walter fil. Peile, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William Peile, Oxfordshire, ibid.
1414. John Pelles, rector of Twyford, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.
(a) Local, 'at the pell.' Pell, a hole of water, generally very deep, beneath an abrupt waterfall' (Halliwell). The evidence is in favour of (1), especially as Pells exists; with the patronymic 's' compare William and Williams, Simon and Simmonds, &c.
1724. Married — Robert Bates and Sarah Pells: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1757. — John Pell and Elizabeth Hunt: St. George, Hanover Square.
(English) 1 descendants of the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Pella or Pœlla [cp. Old English pell, pall (Middle English pell(e, pall(e), a pallium (Latin] 2 Dweller at a Pell, Pill, or Pool [Dialectal English pell, pill, are weak forms of pool —O.E. pól, -pul] (French-Latin) the French Pel, Pelle [nicknames from the Old French and South.French pel (French poil), hair, beard; Latin pil-us] William Pelle.—Hundred Rolls
(English) Dweller at, or near, a pool.
See Peel. Jamieson has, "Pele, Peyll, Peill, Peel, Paile, a place of strength, a fortification."
A deep standing water, apparently another form of Pool.
according to Bailey, is a house; in the Welsh it signifies, far off, at a distance.
Armorially identified with some families of Peel.
From the German, Pell; from the Flemish, Pelle; from the Dutch, Pel; a personal name.
User-submitted Reference
(English + Greek) The son or descendant of the lover of horses. Pell being an archaic pet form of Philip; coming from the Greek name meaning lover of horses.
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Average Pell Salary in
United States
$45,093 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Pell Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pell Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pell (Georgian: ფელლ, Russian: Пелль) is found most frequently in The United States. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Pell click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pell? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 40,542nd most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 563,921 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Pell live; 47 percent live in North America and 46 percent live in Anglo-North America. Pell is also the 488,148th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 323 people.
Pell is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 6,196 people, or 1 in 58,499. In The United States it is most numerous in: Michigan, where 9 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Florida, where 8 percent live. Barring The United States this surname exists in 71 countries. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent live and Australia, where 14 percent live.
Pell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Pell has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Pell surname grew 565 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 218 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 317 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 1,250 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 95 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Pell Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Catholic (52%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Pell surname are 20.57% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 67.34% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Pell earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 13.33% less than the national average, earning 299,947 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 120.02% more than the national average, earning R 522,840 per year; in United States they earn 4.51% more than the national average, earning $45,093 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.05% more than the national average, earning $52,690 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poell | 89 | 1,002 | / |
| Puell | 89 | 808 | / |
| Piell | 89 | 148 | / |
| Peell | 89 | 22 | / |
| Pfell | 89 | 21 | / |
| Pelll | 89 | 1 | / |
| Paell | 89 | 1 | / |
| Peull | 89 | 1 | / |
| Pehll | 89 | 0 | / |
| Pel | 86 | 5,323 | / |
| Pll | 86 | 15 | / |
| Pfuell | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ppehll | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ppoell | 80 | 0 | / |
| Peel | 75 | 24,321 | / |
| Piel | 75 | 12,405 | / |
| Pael | 75 | 4,158 | / |
| Pelt | 75 | 3,721 | / |
| Puel | 75 | 3,449 | / |
| Poel | 75 | 3,332 | / |
| Pill | 75 | 3,254 | / |
| Pehl | 75 | 2,521 | / |
| Pöll | 75 | 2,378 | / |
| Pesl | 75 | 636 | / |
| Peul | 75 | 253 | / |
| Päll | 75 | 190 | / |
| Peld | 75 | 184 | / |
| Püll | 75 | 110 | / |
| Pelh | 75 | 45 | / |
| Pfel | 75 | 27 | / |
| Pelp | 75 | 8 | / |
| Pyll | 75 | 5 | / |
| Pøll | 75 | 4 | / |
| Ppll | 75 | 3 | / |
| Phll | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ppel | 75 | 1 | / |
| Påll | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pőll | 75 | 1 | / |
| Plll | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pfll | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bpel | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pellová | 73 | 129 | / |
| Pellova | 73 | 6 | / |
| Piehl | 67 | 4,529 | / |
| Pl | 67 | 781 | / |
| Poehl | 67 | 470 | / |
| Pfiel | 67 | 261 | / |
| Puill | 67 | 90 | / |
| Pfüll | 67 | 30 | / |
| Paehl | 67 | 25 | / |
| Puehl | 67 | 23 | / |
| Pegli | 67 | 22 | / |
| Peehl | 67 | 17 | / |
| Pfill | 67 | 10 | / |
| Pelšs | 67 | 9 | / |
| Peuhl | 67 | 7 | / |
| Pijll | 67 | 6 | / |
| Peesl | 67 | 6 | / |
| Peldt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Peltt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puull | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pillt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phllp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pelzs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pfuel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pfael | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pfeul | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pelph | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pfehl | 67 | 0 | / |
Pell Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pell in the Georgian language | ||
| ფელლ | pell | - |
| Pell in the Russian language | ||
| Пелль | pell | - |
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