Knowl 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 2
Durham 3
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 7
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 2
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 6
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Knowl Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Knowl family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 2
Shop Keper 1
Sawyer 1
Stone Mason 1
Labourer 1
Wheelwright 1
Gill Toy Maker 1
Pearl Ornament 1
Snuff Maker Journeyman 1
Female Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Knowl

Name Census Frequency
William Knowl 12
Mary Knowl 9
James Knowl 6
Not Knowl 6
Charles Knowl 5
Elizabeth Knowl 5
George Knowl 5
John Knowl 5
Sarah Knowl 5
Thomas Knowl 5
Ann Knowl 4
Jane Knowl 3
Richard Knowl 3
Alfred Knowl 2
Edith Knowl 2
Edward Knowl 2
Ellen Knowl 2
Hannah Knowl 2
Henry Knowl 2
Joseph Knowl 2
Robert Knowl 2
Samuel Knowl 2
Walter Knowl 2
Alice Knowl 1
Anne Knowl 1

Knowl Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Noall 40% 1,323
2 Knowle 83% 1,056
3 Noal 60% 349
4 Noll 60% 265
5 Knowl 100% 129
6 Noole 40% 123
7 Nole 40% 109

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The surname Knowl is the 5th most popular variant of Noall.

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