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Fretwell
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Origin Of The Surname Fretwell
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Meaning Of The Surname Fretwell
From the Town with the Frehts Well
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Interesting
Facts About
Fretwell
Fretwell is a locational surname, originating from a place so-called in Yorkshire. 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 comes from the Old English ‘freht’ which was the title given to a person who was consulted to read omens and give guidance in local government. Combined with ‘well’ it is thought the place name refers to a well next to which the towns ‘freht’ would have lived. |
Fretwell Statistics
Fretwell is the number 1625 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 6,377 share the surname Fretwell in the UK.
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