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 0
Buckinghamshire 62
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 346
Channel Islands 42
Cheshire 746
Cornwall 53
Cumberland 3,291
Derbyshire 159
Devon 218
Dorset 56
Durham 5,371
Essex 417
Gloucestershire 240
Hampshire 514
Herefordshire 16
Hertfordshire 99
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 126
Isle of Man 240
Kent 389
Lancashire 3,770
Leicestershire 233
Lincolnshire 1,379
London 3,676
Middlesex 272
Northumberland 4,047
Norfolk 1,072
Northamptonshire 246
Nottinghamshire 709
Oxfordshire 42
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 126
Shropshire 77
Suffolk 166
Somerset 308
Surrey 256
Sussex 158
Staffordshire 454
Warwickshire 350
Westmorland 361
Wiltshire 215
Worcestershire 215
Yorkshire 5,259

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 21
Cardiganshire 4
Carnarvonshire 16
Carmarthenshire 13
Denbighshire 35
Flintshire 15
Glamorgan 125
Merionethshire 7
Montgomeryshire 20
Monmouthshire 78
Pembrokeshire 9
Radnorshire 3

Bell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bell family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 6,257
Agricultural Labourer 708
Labourer 591
Coal Miner 580
Domestic Servant 423
General Servant 354
Dress Maker 324
House Keeper 221
Joiner 215
Annuitant 211
Servant 185
Farm Servant 181
Blacksmith 170
Tailor 154
Laundress 128
Cotton Weaver 121
Farm Labourer 105
Grocer 100
General Servant Domestic 98
Shoe Maker 96
Miner 94
Gardener 91
Butcher 90
Cook 88
Clerk 87

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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