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Wells

in the US

There are 143,796 people with the last name "Wells" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Wells 126
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  1. is 122nd most common Harrison
  2. is 123rd most common Morales
  3. is 124th most common Olson
  4. is 125th most common Ortiz
  5. is 126th most common Wells
  6. is 127th most common Owens
  7. is 128th most common Burns
  8. is 129th most common Woods
  9. is 130th most common Gutierrez

Similar Names and Nicknames

Wallace, Willis, Walls, Weller, Wills, Wellman, Wellington, Wallis, Welling, Wellborn

Most Common First Names for Wells

James, Robert, John, David, Michael, William, Mary, Richard, Charles, Linda

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Meaning & History

1. English: habitational name from any of several places named with the plural of Old English well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’, or a topopgraphical name from this word (in its plural form), for example Wells in Somerset or Wellsnext-the-Sea in Norfolk.

2. Translation of French Dupuis or any of its variants.

FOREBEARS One of numerous early immigrants from England bearing this name was Thomas Welles, governor of colonial CT, who was in Hartford, CT, by 1636.

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