as a Last Name
- 5,779
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Kell
Meaning & Origins
German: 1. from Middle High, Middle Low German kelle ‘trowel’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of such tools. 2. habitational name from any of the places, especially in Rhineland, named Kell, from Middle Low German kel (a field name denoting swampy land), or from kelle ‘steep path’, ‘ravine’ (see Kelle).
| 5,991st in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 5,779
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Missouri
- has the most people named Kell per capita
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