Westhall is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Westhall
No. of characters: 8
Origin: England
Meaning:

Variant of the Wessel. One who came from Wesel, in Germany; descendant of little Varin, a pet form of names beginning with Warin meaning "protector," as Warinbert and Warinhari.

Family name Westhall is variant of the Wastell. A fine kind of bread. Old French gastel, gasteau. Bread used with the wassail-bowl. Chaucer's Prioress fed her hounds with Pastel brede. Its adoption as a surname is not readily explained. See, however, Whitbread, and Simnel, in the Supplement. The name in Hundred Rolls is Wastel without prefix.

How popular is Westhall?

Westhall is ranked 1648546 on our list.

Westhall is quite rare family name, few people in United States and Sweden have the last name. Around 121 person has been found who wears Westhall as their family name. Few people around the world have Westhall as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
251,786 United States74
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
82,017 England26
52,204 Sweden14

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