Ishmael Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 25
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 7
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Ishmael Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ishmael family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 9
Lead Miner 5
Coal Miner 3
Domestic Servant 1
Living On Her Own Means 1
Stocking Knitter 1
General Servant 1
Sinker 1
Parlour Maid 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Ishmael

Name Census Frequency
Mary Ishmael 26
John Ishmael 17
David Ishmael 13
William Ishmael 13
Thomas Ishmael 11
Elizabeth Ishmael 10
Jane Ishmael 10
Robert Ishmael 10
Richard Ishmael 9
Sarah Ishmael 8
Catherine Ishmael 7
Evan Ishmael 6
Margaret Ishmael 6
Ann Ishmael 5
Ellen Ishmael 5
Hugh Ishmael 5
Anne Ishmael 4
Edward Ishmael 4
Eleanor Ishmael 4
George Ishmael 4
Henry Ishmael 3
Miles Ishmael 3
Abraham Ishmael 2
Annie Ishmael 2
Arthur Ishmael 2

Ishmael Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Ashmole 43% 651
2 Ishmael 100% 243

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The surname Ishmael is the 2nd most popular variant of Ashmole.

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