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 32
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 43
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 70
Cornwall 18
Cumberland 104
Derbyshire 18
Devon 102
Dorset 1
Durham 126
Essex 31
Gloucestershire 57
Hampshire 78
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 23
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 24
Isle of Man 0
Kent 225
Lancashire 139
Leicestershire 32
Lincolnshire 75
London 481
Middlesex 47
Northumberland 31
Norfolk 221
Northamptonshire 157
Nottinghamshire 16
Oxfordshire 38
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 24
Shropshire 4
Suffolk 28
Somerset 51
Surrey 131
Sussex 111
Staffordshire 35
Warwickshire 30
Westmorland 22
Wiltshire 21
Worcestershire 23
Yorkshire 158

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 2
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 61
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 9
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Earl Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Earl family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 480
Agricultural Labourer 96
Labourer 59
Domestic Servant 32
General Servant 29
Dress Maker 27
House Keeper 19
Straw Plaiter 18
Laundress 17
Carpenter 16
Annuitant 14
Ag Labourer 14
Coal Miner 12
Gardener 12
Farm Servant 11
Farmer 11
Farm Labourer 11
Bricklayer 10
Servant 10
Housemaid 9
Nurse 9
Silk Weaver 9
Boot Maker 8
Porter 8
Cook 8

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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