Crowel Surname: Origin, Meaning & Coat of Arms

Crowel sits within the Crowell family of names, which has English roots. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “crows' spring”.

Crowel and Crowell

Without the “l” of Crowell, Crowel is a simpler written form of the same name. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. Other spellings include Crowl.

The 2010 US Census counted 250 people named Crowel, ranking it number 76,768 among American surnames. That puts it inside the top 100,000 US surnames.

Family crest and blazon

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

Get the complete Crowel report, with a museum-style coat of arms.