Male 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 6
Cambridgeshire 52
Channel Islands 22
Cheshire 46
Cornwall 58
Cumberland 4
Derbyshire 6
Devon 45
Dorset 80
Durham 34
Essex 41
Gloucestershire 33
Hampshire 79
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 10
Isle of Man 1
Kent 26
Lancashire 50
Leicestershire 6
Lincolnshire 2
London 233
Middlesex 46
Northumberland 23
Norfolk 48
Northamptonshire 4
Nottinghamshire 2
Oxfordshire 6
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 10
Shropshire 4
Suffolk 3
Somerset 449
Surrey 16
Sussex 10
Staffordshire 143
Warwickshire 67
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 12
Worcestershire 163
Yorkshire 115

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 3
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 48
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 14
Pembrokeshire 19
Radnorshire 0

Male Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Male family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 377
Agricultural Labourer 89
Labourer 22
General Labourer 20
Glover 20
Dress Maker 19
Coal Miner 19
Farm Labourer 18
Carter 15
Domestic Servant 14
General Servant Domestic 12
Laundress 11
Living On Her Own Means 10
Farmer 9
Living On Own Means 8
Glover Leather 8
Charwoman 7
House Keeper 7
General Servant 6
Railway Labourer 6
Baker 6
Collar Maker 6
Carpenter 5
Clerk 5
Machinist 5

Most Frequent Forenames for Male

Name Census Frequency
William Male 887
Mary Male 831
John Male 701
Elizabeth Male 570
Sarah Male 498
George Male 439
Thomas Male 432
James Male 394
Henry Male 385
Ann Male 303
Charles Male 284
Jane Male 245
Eliza Male 225
Joseph Male 216
Arthur Male 185
Ellen Male 183
Alfred Male 179
Annie Male 176
Emily Male 167
Edward Male 150
Hannah Male 150
Alice Male 140
Emma Male 133
Frederick Male 132
Robert Male 132

Male Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Mole 75% 17,853
2 Male 100% 13,999
3 Moule 60% 7,374
4 Melia 40% 4,706
5 Maile 80% 3,265
6 Meal 50% 3,092
7 Maule 80% 3,026
8 Meale 80% 2,290
9 Mayle 80% 2,154
10 Mile 75% 1,747
11 Moul 25% 1,668
12 Mail 50% 1,509
13 Maul 50% 1,287
14 Malia 60% 1,261
15 Amelia 33% 395
16 Moole 60% 227
17 Omalia 50% 182
18 Mealia 50% 168
19 Omelia 33% 147
20 Milue 60% 144
21 Mule 75% 141
22 Maill 60% 135
23 Moal 50% 133
24 Mial 50% 106
25 Milo 50% 103
26 Malle 80% 101

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The surname Male is the 2nd most popular variant of Mole.

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