The axel Surname

axel Name Meaning and History

Scandinavian, Dutch, and North German: from the personal name Apsel, Danish and North German vernacular form of the Biblical name Absolom. As a Scandinavian surname it is a shortened form of the patronymic forms Axelsson or Axelsen.
Belgian and Dutch: habitational name for someone from either of two places, Aksel in East Flanders or Axel in Zeeland.

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

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axel Family Facts

Distribution of axel Families in the US in 1920

Number of axel families

11-20

4-10

1-3

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

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Threads: 6 - Messages: 19

Thread	Author	Replies
Axel Family	Martha Spann	13
Anne Excell (Exall, Exoll, Axell, Axoll) Gloucester Co.-VA 5Jun1654	RFPage	0
Swedish Axels	hndcaudle63	0
Axel surname from Germany and Russia	ekdye	0
Johan Fredrik Axell	Mats Axell	0
Axell	Cheryle	0

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