Hole Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 3
Buckinghamshire 7
Berkshire 13
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 24
Cornwall 39
Cumberland 13
Derbyshire 71
Devon 472
Dorset 35
Durham 16
Essex 49
Gloucestershire 259
Hampshire 76
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 30
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 94
Lancashire 86
Leicestershire 20
Lincolnshire 29
London 395
Middlesex 49
Northumberland 18
Norfolk 6
Northamptonshire 2
Nottinghamshire 67
Oxfordshire 4
Rutland 0
Shropshire 4
Suffolk 0
Somerset 549
Surrey 106
Sussex 144
Staffordshire 53
Warwickshire 19
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 23
Worcestershire 11
Yorkshire 69

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 148
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 8
Monmouthshire 46
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Hole Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hole family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 481
Agricultural Labourer 66
Living On Own Means 41
Domestic Servant 32
General Labourer 32
Labourer 29
Living On Her Own Means 28
Farmer 27
Laundress 25
Coal Miner 24
General Servant Domestic 22
Dress Maker 22
Farm Labourer 21
Blacksmith 18
Carpenter 16
Clerk 16
General Servant 16
House Keeper 13
Painter 11
Baker 9
Farmers Son 9
Cotton Weaver 9
Grocer 8
Shoe Maker 8
Butcher 8

Most Frequent Forenames for Hole

Name Census Frequency
William Hole 1,570
Mary Hole 1,354
John Hole 1,269
Elizabeth Hole 1,015
George Hole 689
Thomas Hole 600
Sarah Hole 585
James Hole 581
Charles Hole 467
Henry Hole 440
Ann Hole 426
Jane Hole 361
Ellen Hole 327
Robert Hole 324
Emma Hole 312
Eliza Hole 292
Annie Hole 263
Alice Hole 260
Frederick Hole 253
Emily Hole 244
Richard Hole 238
Joseph Hole 225
Albert Hole 222
Louisa Hole 198
Alfred Hole 190

Hole Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hale 75% 73,259
2 Hole 100% 21,127
3 Heal 25% 14,796
4 Holl 75% 10,478
5 Heale 60% 7,782
6 Hoole 80% 7,602
7 Heel 25% 2,580
8 Hail 25% 2,419
9 Haile 60% 2,181
10 Hoile 80% 1,977
11 Hile 75% 1,873
12 Hele 75% 1,422
13 Hool 50% 1,331
14 Heil 25% 681
15 Whole 80% 471
16 Houle 80% 469
17 Heele 60% 361
18 Houl 50% 356
19 Hule 75% 324
20 Hoel 50% 218
21 Hal 50% 198
22 Hil 50% 197
23 Hoal 50% 167
24 Hiel 25% 163
25 Hael 25% 157
26 Healea 50% 140
27 Hoale 80% 138
28 Holle 80% 125
29 Hul 50% 106

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The surname Hole is the 2nd most popular variant of Hale.

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