Pell Surname

40,542nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,923 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Vatican City

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.

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Pell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,1961:58,4996,931
England3,2691:17,0442,458
Australia1,8511:14,5842,067
Canada4021:91,65610,045
Germany1581:509,52843,279
New Zealand1211:37,4246,365
Argentina1011:423,20232,207
Austria911:93,57613,671
Spain851:550,02426,624
Wales571:54,2904,971
France511:1,302,406132,002
Scotland501:107,0767,147
Dominican Republic461:226,8038,136
South Africa401:1,354,44373,245
Sweden331:298,38720,789
Malaysia281:1,053,36546,873
Mexico271:4,597,26727,985
Israel271:316,94927,106
Indonesia251:5,289,968246,176
Russia231:6,266,220254,708
Italy211:2,912,22398,106
Northern Ireland171:108,5326,545
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
Czechia151:708,89864,682
Poland151:2,533,917108,409
Hungary141:701,16338,752
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Bermuda121:5,440820
Norway91:571,36544,190
Finland71:785,24338,644
United States Virgin Islands71:15,7682,111
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Micronesia41:26,561731
Croatia41:1,057,15157,892
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
China31:455,773,85521,925
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Vatican City11:1174
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Iceland11:380,09011,096
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland211:210,9469,809
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4971:16,2832,386
Wales181:87,1343,963
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0971:45,7785,288

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.

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

(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

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller at, or near, a pool.

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

See Peel. Jamieson has, "Pele, Peyll, Peill, Peel, Paile, a place of strength, a fortification."

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A deep standing water, apparently another form of Pool.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

according to Bailey, is a house; in the Welsh it signifies, far off, at a distance.

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

Armorially identified with some families of Peel.

The Norman People (1874)

From the German, Pell; from the Flemish, Pelle; from the Dutch, Pel; a personal name.

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

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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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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poell891,002/
Puell89808/
Piell89148/
Peell8922/
Pfell8921/
Pelll891/
Paell891/
Peull891/
Pehll890/
Pel865,323/
Pll8615/
Pfuell804/
Ppehll801/
Ppoell800/
Peel7524,321/
Piel7512,405/
Pael754,158/
Pelt753,721/
Puel753,449/
Poel753,332/
Pill753,254/
Pehl752,521/
Pöll752,378/
Pesl75636/
Peul75253/
Päll75190/
Peld75184/
Püll75110/
Pelh7545/
Pfel7527/
Pelp758/
Pyll755/
Pøll754/
Ppll753/
Phll752/
Ppel751/
Påll751/
Pőll751/
Plll751/
Pfll751/
Bpel751/
Pellová73129/
Pellova736/
Piehl674,529/
Pl67781/
Poehl67470/
Pfiel67261/
Puill6790/
Pfüll6730/
Paehl6725/
Puehl6723/
Pegli6722/
Peehl6717/
Pfill6710/
Pelšs679/
Peuhl677/
Pijll676/
Peesl676/
Peldt672/
Peltt671/
Puull671/
Pillt671/
Phllp671/
Pelzs671/
Pfuel671/
Pfael670/
Pfeul670/
Pelph670/
Pfehl670/

Pell Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pell in the Georgian language
ფელლpell-
Pell in the Russian language
Пелльpell-

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