Family name Howells (Howells 
) , worldwide, is a common surname. The last name Howells is characteristic of the United Kingdom, where it is quite a common surname, Isle of Man, and Australia, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia. Very seldom, Howells is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Howells | Australia, Nigeria, Canada, United States, United Kingdom |
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anthony howells coal miner (1832-1915), GB (b. 1832) |
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william dean howells American author, critic, and playwright, US (b. 1837) |
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| william howells Welsh Mormon missionary (b. 1816) |
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| william cooper howells (b. 1807) |
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| william howells Welsh Calvinistic Methodist minister, GB (b. 1818) |
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john mead howells American architect, US (b. 1868) |
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| hugh charles howells Baptist minister (1825-1880), GB (b. 1825) |
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| elinor mead howells American artist, architect and aristocrat (1837-1910), US (b. 1837) |
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| thomas howells collier, printer, poet, preacher, and musician (1839-1905), GB (b. 1839) |
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| adolphus williamson howells Nigerian clergyman (b. 1866) |
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| george howells Welsh academic and writer; Principal of Serampore College, India, GB (b. 1871) |
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| mildred howells Person; female; Daughter of the American novelist William Dean Howells and Elinor Mead; American (USA); 1872-1966 (b. 1872) |
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geraint wyn howells, baron geraint British politician (1925-2004), GB (b. 1925) |
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rosalind howells, baroness howells of st davids British politician (born 1931), GB (b. 1931) |
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| adele c. howells American Mormon leader (1886-1951), US (b. 1886) |
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