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Kendell


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Origin Of The Surname Kendell

Meaning Of The Surname Kendell

From the Town in the River Valley

Interesting Facts About Kendell

Kendell is a locational surname coming from any of the places so-called or similarly spelled across Britain. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. The place name itself comes from the Old Norse ‘kelda’ meaning a spring, combined with the Old English dael meaning a valley. Places with this name would have therefore originally have sat in a valley next to a small river or spring.

Kendell Statistics

Kendell is the number 1705 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 6,252 share the surname Kendell in the UK.

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