Last Name WELL

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Meaning	Local: At the well. Of course Wells, saving in particular cases, has nothing to do with the city of Wells in the West country. The final 's' is added in common with other monosyllabic local surnames. There is also a parish Wells-by-the-Sea, in diocese Northwich.

Origin	English, Jewish, Dutch, French, Irish, Belgian

Rank	20,817 (2000 US census)	13,882 (1990 US census)

Count	1,179 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

78.37%, or 924 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
16.12%, or 190 total occurrences, as black,
0.93%, or 11 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.42%, or 5 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.78%, or 21 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.37%, or 28 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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