Meal Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Meal Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Meal family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 94
Agricultural Labourer 14
Domestic Servant 10
General Labourer 10
Woollen Weaver 7
Farmer 6
Living On Her Own Means 5
Woollen Warper 5
Cotton Piecer 4
Dress Maker 3
Joiner 3
Bricklayer 3
House Keeper Domestic 3
General Servant 3
Labourer 3
House Keeper 3
Cotton Spinner 3
Woollen Piecer 3
Woollen Spinner 3
Labourer Furnace 2
Living On Own Means 2
Butcher 2
Dairy Assistant 2
Cotton Twiner 2
Draper 2

Meal Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Mole 25% 17,853
2 Male 50% 13,999
3 Moule 40% 7,374
4 Melia 40% 4,706
5 Maile 40% 3,265
6 Meal 100% 3,092
7 Maule 40% 3,026
8 Meale 80% 2,290
9 Mile 25% 1,747
10 Moul 50% 1,668
11 Mail 50% 1,509
12 Maul 50% 1,287
13 Malia 40% 1,261
14 Miell 60% 696
15 Amelia 33% 395
16 Meall 80% 361
17 Moole 40% 227
18 Omalia 33% 182
19 Mealia 67% 168
20 Omelia 33% 147
21 Milue 20% 144
22 Mule 25% 141
23 Moal 75% 133
24 Mial 75% 106
25 Milo 25% 103

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The surname Meal is the 6th most popular variant of Mole.

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