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RUSSELL

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There are approximately 87,067 people named Russell in the UK. That makes it the 80th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 1,378 are named Russell.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Nickname

Related and similar surnames

Rousell
Russel
Rowsell
Roessel
Roessle
Roesel
Reustle
Rossell
Rissell
Reussell
Reusell
Roessell
Reussel
Rousel
Rouscell
Reusel
Roesselle
Rousele
Roesell
Reusele
Rousella
Reussille
Rousall
Rouseil
Rouseel
Roessele
Roeselle
Reusille
Rousela

The Russell surname in historical dictionaries

RUSSELL. The Duke of Bedford claims from the lords of Eosel, an ancient fief in the neighbourhood of Cherbourg in Normandy, who were a younger branch of the barons of Briquebec. Hugh de Rosel, a benefactor of the abbey of Caen, " accompanied the Conqueror to England, and was rewarded with possessions in co. Dorset, tlie principal of wIdIcIi were Kingston, afterwards called Kingston-Eussell and Berwick, the latter of which is still in possession of the family.'' Parry's Hist, of Woburn, p. GG.

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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