The Gunnell Last Name

Gunnell is an English surname. In Elsdon Smith's reading, the name described “descendant of Gundwulf (war, wolf)”.

Where the name comes from

It is a patronymic: it named a person after a father or forebear.

Gunnell by the numbers

Gunnell ranked 13,383 in the 2010 US Census, with 2,276 people answering to the name.

Gunnell coat of arms

Sharing the Gunnell name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families.

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