Karl 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 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 11
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 15
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

Karl Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Karl family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 2
Silk Weaver 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
Hawker 1
Dyer 1
Green Grocer 1
Female Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Karl

Name Census Frequency
William Karl 13
James Karl 12
John Karl 8
Mary Karl 8
Elizabeth Karl 7
Henry Karl 7
Thomas Karl 6
Charles Karl 5
Eliza Karl 4
Emily Karl 4
Margaret Karl 4
Sarah Karl 4
Ann Karl 3
Edward Karl 3
Albert Karl 2
Alice Karl 2
Annie Karl 2
Baldon Karl 2
Catherine Karl 2
Jane Karl 2
Letitia Karl 2
Louisa Karl 2
Maria Karl 2
Rebecca Karl 2
Rhoda Karl 2

Karl Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Carl 75% 2,711
2 Keirle 50% 653
3 Keirl 60% 430
4 Kearle 67% 351
5 Kearl 80% 258
6 Kerle 60% 258
7 Karl 100% 206
8 Karle 80% 170
9 Kerl 75% 128

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The surname Karl is the 7th most popular variant of Carl.

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