Ledwell

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from a place in Oxfordshire, from Old English hlūd (“loud”) + wielle (“well, spring”).

Proper noun

Ledwell (plural Ledwells)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ledwell is the 35912^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 625 individuals. Ledwell is most common among White (72.48%) and Black/African American (19.36%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ledwell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 413.