Wêll
surname · Latin script
Wêll is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: near a spring or stream, ME well(e) (OE, ivell(a)). Vars.: Wells, Weller, Welling(s), Wel(l)man; Wiinschmann; Wall, Will, and Somerscales. Wentz see Warner Wool.
- HKHong Kong
- VGBritish Virgin Islands
- GHGhana
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 244 (measured from records)
no count published
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Well in US United States, HK Hong Kong, AU Australia and 2 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)near a spring or stream, ME well(e) (OE, ivell(a)). Vars.: Wells, Weller, Welling(s), Wel(l)man; Wiinschmann; Wall, Will, and Somerscales. Wentz see Warner Wool.
Cited for this meaning 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Wêll counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 1.2K | Well | 244 |
| HK Hong Kong | — | — | Well | 8 |
| AU Australia | — | — | Well | 44 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | — | Well | 76 |
| CA Canada | — | — | Well | 47 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Wêll mean, and where does it come from?
- near a spring or stream, ME well(e) (OE, ivell(a)). Vars.: Wells, Weller, Welling(s), Wel(l)man; Wiinschmann; Wall, Will, and Somerscales. Wentz see Warner Wool. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles.
- In which country does Wêll have the most bearers?
- Wêll is most frequently recorded in the United States, where it is most often spelled well.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wêll” — ranked 20817th in the United States (Census Bureau). Data snapshot 2026-10-13.