Bell Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 96
Buckinghamshire 47
Berkshire 84
Cambridgeshire 349
Channel Islands 39
Cheshire 536
Cornwall 49
Cumberland 3,242
Derbyshire 114
Devon 194
Dorset 44
Durham 3,559
Essex 341
Gloucestershire 165
Hampshire 368
Herefordshire 27
Hertfordshire 104
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 121
Isle of Man 223
Kent 277
Lancashire 2,271
Leicestershire 196
Lincolnshire 1,323
London 2,503
Middlesex 122
Northumberland 3,486
Norfolk 1,119
Northamptonshire 255
Nottinghamshire 675
Oxfordshire 36
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 121
Shropshire 65
Suffolk 114
Somerset 262
Surrey 88
Sussex 101
Staffordshire 286
Warwickshire 236
Westmorland 330
Wiltshire 301
Worcestershire 126
Yorkshire 4,112

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 4
Cardiganshire 3
Carnarvonshire 5
Carmarthenshire 10
Denbighshire 12
Flintshire 11
Glamorgan 44
Merionethshire 2
Montgomeryshire 16
Monmouthshire 29
Pembrokeshire 8
Radnorshire 0

Bell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bell family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3,706
Agricultural Labourer 869
House Servant 697
Coal Miner 476
At Home 377
Labourer 303
Dress Maker 296
Farm Labourer 272
Servant 233
Annuitant 205
House Keeper 160
Farm Servant 154
General Servant 144
Tailor 138
Shoe Maker 126
Pauper 118
Scholar At Home 105
Joiner 101
Blacksmith 96
Laundress 93
Farmers Son 92
Lead Miner 91
Carpenter 85
Wife 77
Farmer 77

Most Frequent Forenames for Bell

Name Census Frequency
John Bell 23,365
Mary Bell 22,929
William Bell 21,321
Elizabeth Bell 15,085
Thomas Bell 12,883
George Bell 12,070
James Bell 10,388
Sarah Bell 9,913
Jane Bell 9,328
Robert Bell 8,416
Margaret Bell 7,783
Ann Bell 7,484
Joseph Bell 7,106
Henry Bell 4,810
Charles Bell 4,642
Annie Bell 4,451
Hannah Bell 4,051
Alice Bell 3,388
Edward Bell 3,285
Eliza Bell 3,140
Ellen Bell 3,081
Isabella Bell 3,049
Richard Bell 2,879
Emma Bell 2,758
Martha Bell 2,438

Bell Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bell 100% 322,230
2 Ball 75% 192,195
3 Bull 75% 93,254
4 Bill 75% 15,346
5 Abell 80% 6,873
6 Beall 80% 3,632
7 Baillie 43% 3,597
8 Boll 75% 2,170
9 Beel 75% 2,026
10 Ibell 80% 552
11 Iball 60% 537
12 Belle 80% 231
13 Balle 60% 179
14 Bellie 67% 155
15 Boull 60% 134
16 Ballie 50% 122
17 Bolle 60% 121
18 Bella 80% 120
19 Belli 80% 120
20 Bel 75% 114
21 Bille 60% 108

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The surname Bell is the most popular version of all its varients

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