Popularity of the last name by country
United Kingdom
- Kent (43,009)
- London (26,519)
- Norfolk (24,176)
- Lincolnshire (22,921)
- Warwickshire (15,828)
- North Yorkshire (12,423)
- Essex (12,266)
- Surrey (12,238)
- Lancashire (9,733)
- Hampshire (8,470)
- Suffolk (8,248)
- Hertfordshire (7,792)
- Berkshire (7,756)
- Derbyshire (6,264)
- Wiltshire (5,882)
- Gloucestershire (5,839)
- Cambridgeshire (5,374)
- Northamptonshire (5,205)
- Bedfordshire (5,038)
- Dorset (4,637)
- Buckinghamshire (4,421)
- Leicestershire (3,869)
- Herefordshire and Worcester (3,818)
- Nottinghamshire (3,712)
- East Sussex (3,254)
- Staffordshire (2,763)
- Cumbria (2,411)
- Oxfordshire (2,365)
- Somerset (1,932)
- Dumfries and Galloway (1,831)
- County Durham (1,673)
- West Sussex (1,484)
- Lothian (1,172)
- Cornwall (1,134)
- Strathclyde (1,097)
- Northumberland (880)
- Shropshire (879)
- Devon (822)
- Cheshire (747)
- West Yorkshire (601)
- Armagh (513)
- South Yorkshire (436)
- Fifeshire (423)
- Gwent (371)
- Avon (359)
- Cleveland (350)
- Grampian (276)
- West Midlands (252)
- Merseyside (236)
- Tayside (217)
- Humberside (171)
- Antrim (170)
- Isle of Wight (149)
- Down (148)
- Dyfed (125)
- Tyne and Wear (105)
- Central (93)
- Powys (62)
- South Glamorgan (62)
- Londonderry (51)
All countries
- United Kingdom (316,120)
- United States (283,561)
- Australia (14,299)
- New Zealand (9,344)
- Canada (6,533)
- France (5,106)
- Unknown country (4,864)
- Ireland (3,907)
- Netherlands (1,922)
- Germany (1,113)
- Italy (556)
- Belgium (472)
- Switzerland (401)
- India (329)
- Spain (312)
- Colombia (277)
- Latvia (193)
- Mexico (191)
- China (178)
- Denmark (171)
- Russian Federation (156)
- Sweden (155)
- Austria (127)
- Greece (122)
- Peru (122)
- Indonesia (101)
- Argentina (94)
- Philippines (88)
- Poland (87)
- Uruguay (84)
- Egypt (81)
- Bermuda (74)
- Brazil (74)
- Jamaica (72)
- South Africa (71)
- Portugal (69)
- Turkey (68)
- Estonia (65)
- Paraguay (63)
- Korea, Republic of (57)
Origine of last name
WELLS : 1: English: habitational name from Wells next the Sea (Norfolk) or Wells (Somerset) both named with the plural of Old English wella ‘spring stream’ or a topographic name for someone who lived near a group of springs or streams.2: Americanized form (translation into English) of French <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Dupuis">Dupuis</a> ‘from the well’.
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