Counsel 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 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 25
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 6
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 14
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
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

Counsel Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Counsel family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 3
Agricultural Labourer 3
Weaver 2
Pupil 1
Basket M 1
C Printer 1
Shoe M 1
Farmer 1
Stone Mason 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Counsel

Name Census Frequency
Mary Counsel 46
John Counsel 32
James Counsel 27
William Counsel 21
Elizabeth Counsel 18
Ann Counsel 16
Edward Counsel 14
Thomas Counsel 12
George Counsel 11
Henry Counsel 11
Albert Counsel 10
Charles Counsel 10
Eliza Counsel 10
Jane Counsel 10
Richard Counsel 9
Alice Counsel 8
Margaret Counsel 7
Susan Counsel 7
Hannah Counsel 6
Maria Counsel 6
Sarah Counsel 6
Arthur Counsel 5
Edwin Counsel 5
Betty Counsel 4
Samuel Counsel 4

Counsel Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Counsell 88% 4,373
2 Council 71% 685
3 Counsel 100% 504
4 Councell 75% 157
5 Councill 63% 152

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The surname Counsel is the 3rd most popular variant of Counsell.

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