Barrel 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 3
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 6
Essex 3
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 5
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 3
London 9
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 6
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 5
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 16
Somerset 3
Surrey 6
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 3

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 3
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 3
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 9
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Barrel Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Barrel family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 10
Female Servant 8
Male Servant 6
Farmer 2
Book Binder 2
Independent 2
Pauper Widow 1
Weaver 1
Nailor 1
Dress Maker 1
Stable Man 1
Cotton Piecer 1
Agricultural Bailiff 1
Labourer 1
Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Barrel

Name Census Frequency
William Barrel 48
Mary Barrel 39
John Barrel 34
Elizabeth Barrel 28
George Barrel 21
Sarah Barrel 21
James Barrel 17
Thomas Barrel 16
Ann Barrel 15
Henry Barrel 13
Charles Barrel 12
Edward Barrel 12
Eliza Barrel 12
Emma Barrel 12
Emily Barrel 11
Alice Barrel 10
Ellen Barrel 9
Joseph Barrel 9
Arthur Barrel 8
Hannah Barrel 8
Robert Barrel 8
Annie Barrel 7
Susannah Barrel 7
Walter Barrel 7
Harriet Barrel 6

Barrel Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Barrell 86% 13,257
2 Burrel 83% 735
3 Barrel 100% 603
4 Barrall 71% 540
5 Barell 67% 191
6 Berril 67% 153
7 Birrel 83% 109
8 Berrel 83% 101

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The surname Barrel is the 3rd most popular variant of Barrell.

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