Last name: HOWLETT
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HOWLETT : This last name is indexed 68,405 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
HOWLETT : English: from the Middle English personal name Hu(gh)elot a double diminutive of Hugh Hue (see Hugh) formed with the suffixes -el + -ot. This Anglo-Norman name has also been established in Ireland (Wexford) since the 13th century where it has been Gaelicized as Húiléid.
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