Culverwell

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from Old English culfre (“dove, pigeon”) + wielle (“spring”).

Proper noun

Culverwell (plural Culverwells)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Culverwell is the 84136^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 223 individuals. Culverwell is most common among White (93.27%) individuals.

References

• Survey of English Place-Names

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Culverwell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 393.