Bignal 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 34
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 3
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 5
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 3
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Bignal Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bignal family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 9
Labourer 3
Female Servant 2
Miliner 2
Male Servant 2
Independent 1
Lace Maker 1
Merchant 1
Army 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Bignal

Name Census Frequency
Mary Bignal 24
John Bignal 20
William Bignal 18
James Bignal 15
Elizabeth Bignal 13
George Bignal 13
Frederick Bignal 11
Thomas Bignal 10
Ann Bignal 8
Jane Bignal 8
Henry Bignal 7
Richard Bignal 7
Sarah Bignal 7
Ellen Bignal 6
Joseph Bignal 6
Annie Bignal 5
Charlotte Bignal 5
Edwin Bignal 5
Emma Bignal 5
Ada Bignal 4
Alice Bignal 4
David Bignal 4
Eliza Bignal 4
Louisa Bignal 4
Martha Bignal 4

Bignal Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bignall 86% 2,829
2 Bagnal 83% 378
3 Bignal 100% 305
4 Bignale 86% 164
5 Bignel 83% 138

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The surname Bignal is the 3rd most popular variant of Bignall.

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