Dodwell

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Dodda + wielle (“well, spring”).

Proper noun

Dodwell (countable and uncountable, plural Dodwells)

1. A hamlet near Luddington in Warwickshire, England.
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dodwell is the 91981^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 200 individuals. Dodwell is most common among White (88.5%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dodwell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 473.