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 39
Buckinghamshire 33
Berkshire 5
Cambridgeshire 58
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 89
Cornwall 24
Cumberland 97
Derbyshire 18
Devon 88
Dorset 0
Durham 121
Essex 66
Gloucestershire 80
Hampshire 96
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 17
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 21
Isle of Man 0
Kent 273
Lancashire 188
Leicestershire 50
Lincolnshire 109
London 620
Middlesex 74
Northumberland 21
Norfolk 244
Northamptonshire 154
Nottinghamshire 23
Oxfordshire 46
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 21
Shropshire 5
Suffolk 60
Somerset 62
Surrey 165
Sussex 162
Staffordshire 29
Warwickshire 37
Westmorland 31
Wiltshire 25
Worcestershire 6
Yorkshire 265

Wales

Anglesey 1
Brecknockshire 9
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 5
Flintshire 2
Glamorgan 63
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 11
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Earl Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Earl family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 748
Agricultural Labourer 74
General Labourer 42
Dress Maker 40
Labourer 37
Domestic Servant 31
Carpenter 21
General Servant 21
Farm Servant Indoor 18
Laundress 17
Farm Labourer 16
Bricklayer 14
Farmers Son 14
Annuitant 13
Coal Miner 13
Farm Servant 12
Shoe Maker 12
Charwoman 11
Gardener 10
Wife 10
Boot Maker 9
General Servant Domestic 9
House Keeper 9
No Occupation 9
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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