Beal 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 43
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 17
Channel Islands 6
Cheshire 6
Cornwall 52
Cumberland 3
Derbyshire 26
Devon 112
Dorset 18
Durham 28
Essex 15
Gloucestershire 14
Hampshire 61
Herefordshire 3
Hertfordshire 5
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 42
Isle of Man 0
Kent 194
Lancashire 25
Leicestershire 23
Lincolnshire 10
London 343
Middlesex 19
Northumberland 73
Norfolk 15
Northamptonshire 99
Nottinghamshire 12
Oxfordshire 49
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 42
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 3
Somerset 33
Surrey 17
Sussex 121
Staffordshire 14
Warwickshire 111
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 24
Worcestershire 15
Yorkshire 480

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 3
Denbighshire 3
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 8
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Beal Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Beal family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 378
Agricultural Labourer 118
House Servant 38
Dress Maker 27
Labourer 27
Servant 23
Carter 20
General Servant 16
Laundress 14
Lace Maker 11
Cook 11
Coal Miner 11
Domestic Servant 10
Carpenter 9
Wife 9
House Keeper 9
Tailor 8
Groom 8
Shoe Maker 8
Shepherd 8
Daur Of Above 8
Blacksmith 7
Butcher 7
Wife Of Above 7
Farmer 7

Most Frequent Forenames for Beal

Name Census Frequency
William Beal 1,341
Mary Beal 1,324
John Beal 1,129
Elizabeth Beal 890
George Beal 798
Sarah Beal 783
Thomas Beal 714
James Beal 622
Ann Beal 498
Charles Beal 457
Jane Beal 425
Henry Beal 405
Joseph Beal 342
Eliza Beal 317
Annie Beal 302
Emma Beal 278
Alfred Beal 271
Frederick Beal 265
Richard Beal 256
Alice Beal 236
Robert Beal 232
Hannah Beal 231
Arthur Beal 222
Ellen Beal 214
Albert Beal 194

Beal Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Beale 80% 27,059
2 Beal 100% 20,805
3 Bale 50% 19,546
4 Abel 50% 12,551
5 Beall 80% 3,632
6 Able 0% 3,628
7 Beel 75% 2,026
8 Bail 50% 1,898
9 Bool 50% 1,809
10 Bole 25% 1,701
11 Blee 25% 1,576
12 Boole 40% 1,117
13 Bailie 33% 819
14 Bile 25% 708
15 Boal 75% 696
16 Blue 25% 630
17 Beloe 40% 522
18 Baul 50% 441
19 Bele 50% 369
20 Baile 40% 364
21 Baal 75% 360
22 Boil 50% 341
23 Bule 25% 318
24 Boul 50% 298
25 Boileau 43% 261
26 Blea 50% 260
27 Ible 0% 235
28 Belle 60% 231
29 Biel 50% 173
30 Bloe 25% 164
31 Bola 25% 161
32 Ebel 50% 142
33 Bel 75% 114
34 Beele 60% 111

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The surname Beal is the 2nd most popular variant of Beale.

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