Fretwell family

There are 3,418 people with the Fretwell surname on MyHeritage.com
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Where do people with the Fretwell surname come from:
United Kingdom
 (55%)
USA
 (39%)
Canada
 (3%)
Australia
 (1%)
Belgium
 (0.5%)
Guadeloupe
 (0.5%)
Bermuda
 (0.5%)
New Zealand
 (0.5%)
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The meaning of the name Fretwell:
English: habitational name from a minor place in West Yorkshire, where the surname is commonest, probably so called from Old English freht ‘augury’ + well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’. Fritwell in Oxfordshire is of the same derivation, but appears not to have contributed to the surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, Mar 2003
Most popular first names with surname Fretwell:
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Family sites on MyHeritage with the last name Fretwell:
Fretwell Web Site, 5 members
Fretwell Family, 4 members
fretwell Web Site, 3 members
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