Last Name PEALL

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Meaning Local: At the peel, from residence at a fortified house so termed. 'Peel,' a square tower, a fortress. Many old mansions still bear the name of 'the Peel' in the North of England. Peel Castle in Furness is well known, and no doubt John Peel of Cumberland hunting celebrity got his name from that spot.
Origin English, Irish, Zimbabwean



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