Norwell
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Old English norþ (“north”) + welle (“well, spring”).
Proper noun
[edit]Norwell (countable and uncountable, plural Norwells)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7761).
- A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Norwell is the 131379th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 129 individuals. Norwell is most common among White (87.6%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Norwell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 680.
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Nottinghamshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Nottinghamshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Towns in Massachusetts, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Massachusetts, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English