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 48
Buckinghamshire 31
Berkshire 22
Cambridgeshire 15
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 94
Cornwall 16
Cumberland 91
Derbyshire 25
Devon 95
Dorset 7
Durham 120
Essex 111
Gloucestershire 56
Hampshire 57
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 19
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 10
Isle of Man 0
Kent 247
Lancashire 238
Leicestershire 61
Lincolnshire 92
London 620
Middlesex 82
Northumberland 38
Norfolk 205
Northamptonshire 153
Nottinghamshire 29
Oxfordshire 50
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 10
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 42
Somerset 67
Surrey 192
Sussex 150
Staffordshire 18
Warwickshire 35
Westmorland 44
Wiltshire 8
Worcestershire 10
Yorkshire 299

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 6
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 41
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 2
Monmouthshire 21
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Earl Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Earl family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 626
Agricultural Labourer 71
General Labourer 49
Living On Own Means 29
Farm Labourer 27
Dress Maker 25
Domestic Servant 23
Farmer 21
Carpenter 21
Laundress 21
General Servant 19
Gardener 18
Labourer 17
Coal Miner 14
Living On Her Own Means 13
Tailor 13
General Servant Domestic 12
Brick Layer 11
House Keeper 11
Baker 11
Painter 10
Servant 10
Draper Assistant 10
Errand Boy 9
Clerk 9

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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