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There are approximately 114 people named Roswell in the UK. That makes it the 17,394th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 2 are named Roswell.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Roswell surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

Rosveldt, the rose-field; Rosville, the town on the heath or promontory.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

ROSWELL. Said to be a con'uption of the French Eosseville. It is therefore local, but I know not the place. Kent, in his Grammar of Heraldry, speaks of the Eev. Sam. Eosewell, of London, M.A., as "descended from the Eosewells, of Somersetshire, Vviltshire, and Devon, who came in with the Conqueror."

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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