Popularity of the last name by country

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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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