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 5
Buckinghamshire 31
Berkshire 13
Cambridgeshire 4
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 18
Cornwall 39
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 56
Devon 504
Dorset 40
Durham 42
Essex 93
Gloucestershire 277
Hampshire 120
Herefordshire 3
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 2
Kent 81
Lancashire 55
Leicestershire 9
Lincolnshire 7
London 450
Middlesex 116
Northumberland 12
Norfolk 5
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 76
Oxfordshire 9
Rutland 0
Shropshire 13
Suffolk 2
Somerset 573
Surrey 151
Sussex 181
Staffordshire 35
Warwickshire 58
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 37
Worcestershire 22
Yorkshire 82

Wales

Anglesey 1
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 5
Denbighshire 2
Flintshire 6
Glamorgan 307
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 3
Monmouthshire 108
Pembrokeshire 5
Radnorshire 0

Hole Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hole family

Profession Census Frequency
School 360
Private Means 68
Farm Labourer 34
Farmer 34
None 26
General Labourer 23
Dressmaker 20
Coal Miner Hewer 19
Laundress 19
Labourer 17
Domestic Servant 16
Dress Maker 15
Scholar 15
General Servant (domestic) 14
House Painter 13
Shop Assistant 13
At School 13
Carpenter 12
Cook (domestic) 12
General Servant Domestic 11
Assistant 10
Clerk 10
Domestic 10
Assisting In Business 9
Labourer General 9

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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