Civil 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 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 13
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 5
London 8
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 3
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 5
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Civil Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Civil family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 5
Labourer 2
Roper 1
Col Smith 1
J Painter 1
Painter J 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Gunner Royal Artillery 1
Mariner 1
Male Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Civil

Name Census Frequency
William Civil 51
Elizabeth Civil 49
Mary Civil 46
John Civil 44
Thomas Civil 44
George Civil 42
Henry Civil 27
Sarah Civil 24
James Civil 22
Jane Civil 22
Charles Civil 19
Emily Civil 18
Alice Civil 13
Edmund Civil 13
Annie Civil 12
Arthur Civil 12
Florence Civil 12
Joseph Civil 12
Ann Civil 9
Harry Civil 8
Margaret Civil 8
Emma Civil 7
Harriet Civil 7
Edward Civil 6
Eleanor Civil 6

Civil Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Cavil 80% 1,051
2 Civil 100% 740
3 Covel 60% 559
4 Covil 80% 511
5 Sivil 80% 384
6 Cavel 60% 182

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The surname Civil is the 2nd most popular variant of Cavil.

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