About the Joel Surname

Joel and Jewell are two spellings with one history. The family name meaning is “From Judicaël”, the same as for Jewell.

• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.
• Other spellings include Jewel.
• Joel is listed among the recognised spellings of Jewell.
• Joel ranked 19,087 in the 2010 US Census, with 1,426 people answering to the name. It sits among the 25,000 most common last names in the country. Between 1891 and 2000, 145 babies born in France were registered as Joel, with the most births in 1971–1980.

Heraldry and the Joel name

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