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 31
Buckinghamshire 81
Berkshire 51
Cambridgeshire 11
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 9
Cornwall 24
Cumberland 8
Derbyshire 40
Devon 68
Dorset 42
Durham 56
Essex 31
Gloucestershire 27
Hampshire 67
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 6
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 10
Isle of Man 1
Kent 212
Lancashire 38
Leicestershire 53
Lincolnshire 25
London 445
Middlesex 40
Northumberland 83
Norfolk 8
Northamptonshire 82
Nottinghamshire 24
Oxfordshire 54
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 10
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 0
Somerset 22
Surrey 22
Sussex 214
Staffordshire 17
Warwickshire 65
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 18
Worcestershire 21
Yorkshire 659

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 21
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Beal Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Beal family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 561
Agricultural Labourer 69
Domestic Servant 31
Labourer 30
Farm Labourer 26
General Labourer 25
Dress Maker 21
Laundress 19
Carpenter 15
Coal Miner 15
General Servant 13
Farmers Wife 12
General Domestic Servant 11
Joiner 11
General Servant Domestic 10
Annuitant 9
Agricultural Labourer Wife 9
Carter 9
Blacksmith 8
Charwoman 8
Machinist 8
Coachman 7
Farm Servant Indoor 7
House Keeper 7
Gardener 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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