Sewall: Last Name and Heraldic Notes

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What Sewall means

Long before computers fixed spellings, Sewall and Sewell were used side by side. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Victory power”.

The two spellings differ in a small detail: Sewall has “a” where Sewell has “e”. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. The same family of names includes Siwell. 1,078 Americans were listed as Sewall in the 2010 census. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Swallow.

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