Earl Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Discover how your Earl ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.

Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 63
Buckinghamshire 29
Berkshire 39
Cambridgeshire 17
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 116
Cornwall 13
Cumberland 141
Derbyshire 43
Devon 108
Dorset 8
Durham 177
Essex 181
Gloucestershire 104
Hampshire 130
Herefordshire 5
Hertfordshire 30
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 7
Isle of Man 0
Kent 400
Lancashire 241
Leicestershire 85
Lincolnshire 120
London 810
Middlesex 157
Northumberland 94
Norfolk 266
Northamptonshire 230
Nottinghamshire 41
Oxfordshire 69
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 7
Shropshire 6
Suffolk 70
Somerset 54
Surrey 314
Sussex 220
Staffordshire 28
Warwickshire 60
Westmorland 56
Wiltshire 21
Worcestershire 21
Yorkshire 505

Wales

Anglesey 2
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 6
Carmarthenshire 4
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 2
Glamorgan 111
Merionethshire 2
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 4
Pembrokeshire 7
Radnorshire 0

Earl Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Earl family

Profession Census Frequency
School 511
Farm Labourer 53
General Labourer 44
Labourer 39
General Servant (domestic) 38
Private Means 37
None 31
Domestic Servant 29
Dressmaker 26
House Painter 24
Farmer 23
Shop Assistant 22
Bricklayer 21
General Servant Domestic 21
Carpenter 17
Carman 16
Dock Labourer 14
Clerk 13
Old Age Pensioner 13
School Boy 13
House Keeper 12
Cook (domestic) 12
At School 11
Errand Boy 10
General Servant 10

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

Did you know?

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

Search for the Earl family