Last Name FELL

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Meaning	Local: At the fell, from residence on or near the fell; 'by frith and fell,' a common phrase in early poetry; a fell was a hill or moor open and unenclosed. Sheep that graze on such scanty pastures are called fell-sheep in Furness. So ramified in the last name Fell in Furness that in the register in the parish church of Ulverston (1542-1813) there are not less than 2500 entries concerning the families or family, the entries concerning John Fell alone numbered over 200. Fierce, violent. 'Fel,' in the Dutch, signifies fierce, furious, violent; also local, a rocky place, barren and stony hills; any uninclosed place; a moor, a valley. A short time since, a tradesman named James Fell migrated from Ludgate Hill to Fleetstreet, and announced the event in the following manner: "I. Fell, from Ludgate Hill;" under which a wag wrote, "Oh what a fall was there, my countryman!" - Lower.

Origin	English, Scottish, Jewish, Chilean, Irish, Falkland, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	5,481 (2000 US census)	6,969 (1990 US census)

Count	5,833 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

92.65%, or 5404 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
4.11%, or 240 total occurrences, as black,
0.5%, or 29 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.33%, or 19 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
0.98%, or 57 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.44%, or 84 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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