Last Name COLWELL

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Meaning	Local: Of Colville. There are three places in Normandy called Colleville. The village on the neck of the hill, or near the hazel-wood; 'Col,' Gaelic, hazel; and 'ville,' a village, changed into 'well.' 'Coldwell' denotes the quality of the water, a cold spring; 'Colwold,' the hazel-wild, or bushy place of hazels.

Origin	English, Native American, Irish, South african

Rank	3,254 (2000 US census)	3,691 (1990 US census)

Count	10,081 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

93.51%, or 9427 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
2.76%, or 278 total occurrences, as black,
0.45%, or 45 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.55%, or 55 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
0.98%, or 99 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.76%, or 177 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

Scottish surnames

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