Heal Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 1
Buckinghamshire 9
Berkshire 10
Cambridgeshire 17
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 6
Cornwall 44
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 7
Devon 384
Dorset 17
Durham 97
Essex 39
Gloucestershire 125
Hampshire 142
Herefordshire 5
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 0
Kent 28
Lancashire 71
Leicestershire 5
Lincolnshire 55
London 286
Middlesex 63
Northumberland 36
Norfolk 7
Northamptonshire 2
Nottinghamshire 13
Oxfordshire 5
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 12
Somerset 441
Surrey 47
Sussex 13
Staffordshire 27
Warwickshire 38
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 34
Worcestershire 16
Yorkshire 98

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 4
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 109
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 36
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Heal Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Heal family

Profession Census Frequency
Farmer 35
Dress Maker 29
Living On Own Means 23
Carpenter 21
General Servant Domestic 19
General Labourer 18
Cook Domestic 16
Laundress Wash 15
Housemaid Domestic 12
Coal Hewer 12
Dressmaker 11
Scholar 11
House Maid Domestic 10
School 9
Coal Miner C Hewer 9
At School 8
Blacksmith 8
Cabinet Maker 7
Domestic Servant 7
Gardener Domestic 7
Farmer's Son 7
Agricultural Labourer 6
Butcher 6
Farmers Son 6
Coal Miner Hewer 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Heal

Name Census Frequency
Mary Heal 967
William Heal 963
John Heal 808
Elizabeth Heal 696
George Heal 557
James Heal 448
Thomas Heal 423
Sarah Heal 382
Henry Heal 366
Ann Heal 360
Charles Heal 299
Frederick Heal 238
Jane Heal 232
Joseph Heal 223
Eliza Heal 217
Ellen Heal 215
Alice Heal 189
Annie Heal 188
Emma Heal 187
Emily Heal 182
Richard Heal 143
Arthur Heal 134
Robert Heal 133
Samuel Heal 130
Alfred Heal 125

Heal Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hale 50% 73,259
2 Hole 25% 21,127
3 Heal 100% 14,796
4 Heale 80% 7,782
5 Hoole 40% 7,602
6 Heel 75% 2,580
7 Hail 50% 2,419
8 Haile 40% 2,181
9 Hoile 40% 1,977
10 Hile 25% 1,873
11 Hele 50% 1,422
12 Hool 50% 1,331
13 Heil 75% 681
14 Heall 80% 675
15 Houle 40% 469
16 Heele 60% 361
17 Houl 50% 356
18 Hule 25% 324
19 Hoel 50% 218
20 Hal 75% 198
21 Hil 50% 197
22 Hoal 75% 167
23 Hiel 50% 163
24 Hael 50% 157
25 Healea 67% 140
26 Hoale 60% 138
27 Hul 50% 106

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The surname Heal is the 3rd most popular variant of Hale.

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