Dorrel 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 7
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 2
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 8

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

Dorrel Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dorrel family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 4
General Labourer 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
House Painter 1
School 1
Woollen Weaver 1
Bargeman 1
Ticket Collector Cradway 1
Labourer 1
Straw Plaiter 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dorrel

Name Census Frequency
James Dorrel 6
Jane Dorrel 6
John Dorrel 6
Sarah Dorrel 6
William Dorrel 6
Emma Dorrel 5
George Dorrel 5
Henry Dorrel 4
Mary Dorrel 4
Thomas Dorrel 4
Alfred Dorrel 3
Ann Dorrel 3
Edward Dorrel 3
Elizabeth Dorrel 3
Hannah Dorrel 3
Alexandrina Dorrel 2
Benjamin Dorrel 2
Betsey Dorrel 2
Charlotte Dorrel 2
Ellen Dorrel 2
Emily Dorrel 2
Harriet Dorrel 2
Louisa Dorrel 2
Stephen Dorrel 2
Viggo Dorrel 2

Dorrel Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dorrell 86% 3,777
2 Dorell 67% 513
3 Darrel 83% 131
4 Dorrel 100% 121

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The surname Dorrel is the 4th most popular variant of Dorrell.

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