Last Name NEWELL

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Meaning	Local: Of Newhall, townships in coounties Chester, York, etc. The surname means 'at the new hall,' probably as distinct from the old hall.

Origin	English, French, Irish, Falkland

Rank	1,021 (2000 US census)	1,024 (1990 US census)

Count	31,317 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

81.55%, or 25539 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
14.44%, or 4522 total occurrences, as black,
0.4%, or 125 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.65%, or 204 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.28%, or 401 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.67%, or 523 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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