Last name: DOWELL
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DOWELL : This last name is indexed 96,197 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
DOWELL : 1: Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Dubhghaill (see McDowell).2: English: nickname from Middle English do well do will ‘do well’. Compare Farwell 1 and Gowell.3: English: variant of Doll.
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