Beale 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 58
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 20
Channel Islands 3
Cheshire 11
Cornwall 40
Cumberland 13
Derbyshire 31
Devon 92
Dorset 140
Durham 13
Essex 58
Gloucestershire 143
Hampshire 184
Herefordshire 12
Hertfordshire 94
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 11
Isle of Man 2
Kent 164
Lancashire 36
Leicestershire 75
Lincolnshire 9
London 801
Middlesex 68
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 19
Northamptonshire 38
Nottinghamshire 4
Oxfordshire 60
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 11
Shropshire 11
Suffolk 8
Somerset 97
Surrey 86
Sussex 136
Staffordshire 32
Warwickshire 137
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 50
Worcestershire 67
Yorkshire 103

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 5
Denbighshire 15
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 13
Merionethshire 4
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 8
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Beale Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Beale family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 479
Agricultural Labourer 70
Domestic Servant 40
Labourer 40
Laundress 30
Dress Maker 27
General Servant 25
Servant 17
Clerk 16
Ag Labourer 15
Gardener 14
Farm Labourer 13
House Keeper 12
Carpenter 12
Lace Maker 10
Dressmaker 10
Farmer 10
Cook 10
Wife Of Above 9
Tailor 9
Painter 9
Annuitant 9
Cabinet Maker 9
Bricklayer 9
Glover 8

Most Frequent Forenames for Beale

Name Census Frequency
William Beale 1,771
Mary Beale 1,482
John Beale 1,200
Elizabeth Beale 1,104
George Beale 1,011
Sarah Beale 904
James Beale 745
Thomas Beale 744
Charles Beale 704
Henry Beale 675
Ann Beale 526
Eliza Beale 451
Jane Beale 444
Alfred Beale 423
Joseph Beale 413
Annie Beale 390
Frederick Beale 364
Emily Beale 353
Emma Beale 328
Alice Beale 324
Ellen Beale 313
Arthur Beale 308
Edward Beale 302
Richard Beale 274
Louisa Beale 266

Beale Surname Variants Ranking

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

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