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ELLIS

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There are approximately 91,262 people named Ellis in the UK. That makes it the 77th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 1,444 are named Ellis.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

Wales

Language of origin

Welsh

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

Celtic
From given name or forename

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The Ellis surname in historical dictionaries

ELLIS. In the whole ranoe of family nomenclature there is perhaps no name which admits of more variety of origin, or a greater number of differing forms, " Elles or Ellis in British," says Hals, in D. Gilbert's Cornwall, iii. ■129, "is ason-inlaw by the wife, and Els or Ells, a son-inlaw by the husband, Ella or J211a is a wellknown regal name of A-Sax, times, and its genitive form would in later days become Ellis. From these two sources some of our very numerous families may have sprung, but there is little doubt that the surname

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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