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 72
Berkshire 176
Cambridgeshire 330
Channel Islands 14
Cheshire 976
Cornwall 84
Cumberland 2,985
Derbyshire 263
Devon 315
Dorset 71
Durham 6,896
Essex 707
Gloucestershire 227
Hampshire 602
Herefordshire 23
Hertfordshire 197
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 93
Isle of Man 195
Kent 499
Lancashire 4,820
Leicestershire 366
Lincolnshire 1,483
London 4,511
Middlesex 647
Northumberland 4,486
Norfolk 898
Northamptonshire 301
Nottinghamshire 794
Oxfordshire 65
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 93
Shropshire 116
Suffolk 200
Somerset 293
Surrey 497
Sussex 239
Staffordshire 598
Warwickshire 489
Westmorland 354
Wiltshire 180
Worcestershire 252
Yorkshire 6,918

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 4
Cardiganshire 7
Carnarvonshire 16
Carmarthenshire 5
Denbighshire 45
Flintshire 3
Glamorgan 221
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 38
Monmouthshire 80
Pembrokeshire 24
Radnorshire 0

Bell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bell family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 7,234
Coal Miner 1,041
General Labourer 516
Agricultural Labourer 488
Dress Maker 417
Domestic Servant 410
Farmer 384
Living On Own Means 347
Living On Her Own Means 301
Labourer 287
General Servant Domestic 229
Farm Servant 225
General Servant 222
Farm Labourer 194
Joiner 184
Blacksmith 180
Cotton Weaver 176
Clerk 162
House Keeper 156
Grocer 149
Tailor 145
Laundress 129
General Domestic Servant 114
Gardener 97
Carpenter 90

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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