as a Last Name
- 164,879
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Wells
Meaning & Origins
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.
| 127th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 164,879
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Wells per capita
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