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 14
Buckinghamshire 37
Berkshire 52
Cambridgeshire 39
Channel Islands 22
Cheshire 12
Cornwall 35
Cumberland 14
Derbyshire 26
Devon 83
Dorset 153
Durham 8
Essex 83
Gloucestershire 158
Hampshire 237
Herefordshire 9
Hertfordshire 101
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 19
Isle of Man 0
Kent 191
Lancashire 84
Leicestershire 77
Lincolnshire 14
London 928
Middlesex 105
Northumberland 3
Norfolk 4
Northamptonshire 60
Nottinghamshire 26
Oxfordshire 59
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 19
Shropshire 23
Suffolk 8
Somerset 94
Surrey 116
Sussex 172
Staffordshire 65
Warwickshire 195
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 67
Worcestershire 66
Yorkshire 114

Wales

Anglesey 1
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 8
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 7
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 42
Merionethshire 2
Montgomeryshire 2
Monmouthshire 9
Pembrokeshire 2
Radnorshire 0

Beale Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Beale family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 748
Agricultural Labourer 97
Domestic Servant 49
Dress Maker 48
Labourer 33
General Labourer 26
Laundress 26
General Servant 23
Carpenter 18
Farm Labourer 17
No Occupation 16
Annuitant 15
General Servant Domestic 14
Charwoman 13
Errand Boy 13
Gardener 12
Carman 10
Tailor 9
Gloveress 9
Butcher 8
Cabinet Maker 8
Coachman 8
Cook 8
Cook Domestic Servant 8
School Mistress 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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