The al Surname

al Name Meaning and History

Dutch: from a short form of the personal name Adelhard, which is of Germanic origin, composed of the elements adal ‘noble’ + hard ‘bold’, ‘hardy’.
Swedish: variant of Ahl.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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al Family Facts

Distribution of al Families in the US in 1920

Number of al families

6-10

3-5

1-2

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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