Able Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 3
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 7
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 5
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 16
Derbyshire 6
Devon 19
Dorset 1
Durham 7
Essex 9
Gloucestershire 15
Hampshire 6
Herefordshire 22
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 5
Lancashire 9
Leicestershire 26
Lincolnshire 4
London 114
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 4
Norfolk 176
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 3
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 2
Somerset 0
Surrey 4
Sussex 8
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 10
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 42

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 12
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 7
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Able Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Able family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 130
Agricultural Labourer 15
Domestic Servant 11
General Servant 9
Laundress 6
Butcher 5
Dress Maker 4
Farm Labourer 4
Brush Drawer 4
Boot Maker 3
Nurse 3
General Labourer 3
Domestic 3
Labourer 3
Shoe Maker 3
Baker 2
Carpenter 2
Draper Assistant 2
Dressmaker 2
Engine Driver 2
French Polisher 2
General Servant Domestic 2
Shoemaker 2
General Domestic Servant 2
School Mistress 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Able

Name Census Frequency
Mary Able 247
William Able 246
John Able 223
Elizabeth Able 174
George Able 162
Sarah Able 157
Thomas Able 134
Ann Able 122
James Able 118
Henry Able 84
Robert Able 83
Charles Able 81
Jane Able 61
Frederick Able 55
Hannah Able 55
Alice Able 51
Richard Able 51
Eliza Able 48
Joseph Able 48
Ellen Able 47
Edward Able 45
Emma Able 40
Maria Able 40
Martha Able 39
Emily Able 35

Able Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Beale 40% 27,059
2 Beal 0% 20,805
3 Bale 50% 19,546
4 Abel 50% 12,551
5 Abell 60% 6,873
6 Able 100% 3,628
7 Beel 25% 2,026
8 Bail 25% 1,898
9 Bool 0% 1,809
10 Bole 50% 1,701
11 Blee 50% 1,576
12 Boole 40% 1,117
13 Bailie 50% 819
14 Bile 50% 708
15 Boal 0% 696
16 Blue 50% 630
17 Beloe 40% 522
18 Baul 25% 441
19 Bele 50% 369
20 Baile 60% 364
21 Baal 25% 360
22 Boil 0% 341
23 Bule 50% 318
24 Boul 0% 298
25 Boileau 29% 261
26 Blea 50% 260
27 Ible 75% 235
28 Biel 25% 173
29 Bloe 50% 164
30 Bola 25% 161
31 Ebel 25% 142
32 Bel 25% 114
33 Beele 40% 111

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The surname Able is the 6th most popular variant of Beale.

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