Avellar: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Avellar, so the heraldry linked to Avelar is a starting point, not an automatic right.

Meaning of the name

Some records give Avelar; others give Avellar. Both point to the same Portuguese family name. Read literally, Avellar points to “Hazel grove”.

The extra “l” in Avellar is a spelling habit rather than a different name. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. Other spellings include Avelãs. 253 Americans were listed as Avellar in the 2010 census. That is enough to place it in the top 100,000 American surnames.

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