Abigail Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 53
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Abigail Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Abigail family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 4
Ag Labourer 3
Shoe Maker 3
Farmer 2
Stocking Maker 1
Baker 1
Carpenter 1
Male Servant 1
Porter 1
Tailor 1
Twine Spinner Journeyman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Abigail

Name Census Frequency
John Abigail 45
William Abigail 36
Mary Abigail 34
James Abigail 28
Robert Abigail 21
Elizabeth Abigail 20
George Abigail 20
Charles Abigail 16
Arthur Abigail 15
Edith Abigail 15
Henry Abigail 15
Sarah Abigail 15
Eliza Abigail 13
Joseph Abigail 11
Maria Abigail 11
Alice Abigail 10
Ethel Abigail 10
Ann Abigail 9
Caroline Abigail 8
Hannah Abigail 8
Jane Abigail 8
Charlotte Abigail 7
Gertrude Abigail 7
Walter Abigail 7
Ellen Abigail 6

Abigail Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bogle 29% 977
2 Beagle 29% 712
3 Abigail 100% 618
4 Baglee 29% 259
5 Bugle 29% 202
6 Bagle 29% 118

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The surname Abigail is the 3rd most popular variant of Bogle.

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