Earl 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 24
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 18
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 59
Cornwall 5
Cumberland 81
Derbyshire 30
Devon 99
Dorset 1
Durham 89
Essex 28
Gloucestershire 65
Hampshire 52
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 17
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 18
Isle of Man 2
Kent 188
Lancashire 94
Leicestershire 19
Lincolnshire 50
London 399
Middlesex 12
Northumberland 20
Norfolk 148
Northamptonshire 154
Nottinghamshire 5
Oxfordshire 39
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 18
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 38
Somerset 47
Surrey 120
Sussex 79
Staffordshire 37
Warwickshire 41
Westmorland 20
Wiltshire 25
Worcestershire 11
Yorkshire 152

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 3
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 2
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 26
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 11
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Earl Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Earl family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 422
Agricultural Labourer 119
Dress Maker 30
House Servant 27
Labourer 25
Laundress 21
House Keeper 17
Servant 15
Coal Miner 15
House Maid 15
Shoe Maker 14
Carpenter 13
Cook 13
Carter 13
General Servant 10
Farmer 9
Silk Weaver 9
Plaiter 8
Baker 8
Gardener 8
Labourer Wife 7
Blacksmith 7
Wife Of Above 7
Woollen Cloth Weaver 7
Tailor 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Earl

Name Census Frequency
William Earl 1,761
Mary Earl 1,580
John Earl 1,549
Elizabeth Earl 1,066
Thomas Earl 1,025
George Earl 992
James Earl 889
Sarah Earl 776
Charles Earl 619
Ann Earl 577
Henry Earl 519
Jane Earl 503
Joseph Earl 425
Robert Earl 407
Eliza Earl 391
Edward Earl 375
Ellen Earl 356
Alfred Earl 351
Alice Earl 343
Emma Earl 332
Emily Earl 323
Annie Earl 306
Margaret Earl 303
Frederick Earl 293
Richard Earl 252

Earl Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Earl 100% 26,656
2 Rule 0% 14,292
3 Earle 80% 13,504
4 Real 50% 3,888
5 Reel 25% 1,014
6 Oriel 20% 797
7 Ruel 25% 690
8 Rail 50% 594
9 Role 0% 510
10 Reale 40% 470
11 Earll 80% 385
12 Rale 25% 277
13 Rial 25% 254
14 Roole 20% 251
15 Riel 25% 241
16 Reil 25% 221
17 Arle 50% 215
18 Rool 25% 193
19 Erle 50% 161
20 Rile 0% 154
21 Ral 50% 149
22 Rol 25% 145
23 Reele 20% 132

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The surname Earl is the most popular version of all its varients

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