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The FELLS surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,774 15225 0.001 7
United States (1880 census) 317 13698 0.001 6
Change since 1880 +1457 -1527 0 +1
Other Countries
Australia 13 70976 0 1
United Kingdom 367 11106 0.001 8
Top States for FELLS by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Alabama 172 3841 0.004 39
Mississippi 157 2689 0.006 55
Virginia 157 5835 0.002 22
Florida 130 15785 0.001 8
New York 124 18055 0.001 7
Top States for FELLS by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Mississippi 157 2689 0.006 55
Alabama 172 3841 0.004 39
Washington DC 21 3248 0.004 37
Arkansas 92 4068 0.003 34
Virginia 157 5835 0.002 22

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called FELLS live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called FELLS represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called FELLS in Alabama than any other state, but you are more likely to find a FELLS by picking someone at random in Mississippi than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of FELLS

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the FELLS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the FELLS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of FELLS in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 569 32.07
White (Hispanic) 36 2.03
Mixed Race 30 1.69
Black/African American 1,130 63.7
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the FELLS surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of FELLS in historical publications

FELL. FELLS. ''Bij frith and hy fell;' a common medievalism ; equivalent to the classical "jjer mlvam, jier campum." "Also there is difference between the fryth and thefel; the fels are understood tlie mountains, vallyes, and pastures, with corn and such like ; open ground the frytlies betoken the springs and coppyses" woodlands. — Noble x\.rt of Ycuerie, quoted by Haniw.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to FELLS

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as FELLS.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for FELLS

The following words are slight variants of FELLS that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.