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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from any of various minor places, for example in Cumbria, Northumberland, and Gloucestershire, all named from Old English lang ‘long’ + wella ‘spring’, ‘stream’.
  • English : habitational name from Longueville-sur-Scie (formerly Longueville-la-Gifart) in Seine-Inférieure, France.

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