Nobel 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 8
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 5
Dorset 0
Durham 4
Essex 2
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 2
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 21

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

Nobel Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Nobel family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 2
Farmer 2
Woollen Weaver 2
Cotton Weaver 1
Iron Weaver 1
Blacksmith 1
Coal Miner 1
Pauper 1
Mariner 1
Pipe Maker 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Carpenter 1
Cloth Maker 1
Spinner 1
Joiner 1
Worsted Weaver 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Nobel

Name Census Frequency
Mary Nobel 28
William Nobel 19
John Nobel 18
Elizabeth Nobel 17
James Nobel 16
Thomas Nobel 15
George Nobel 12
Henry Nobel 10
Sarah Nobel 8
Charles Nobel 7
Edward Nobel 7
Alice Nobel 6
Ann Nobel 6
Joseph Nobel 6
Robert Nobel 6
Ellen Nobel 5
Emma Nobel 4
Florence Nobel 4
Frederick Nobel 4
Hannah Nobel 4
Margaret Nobel 4
Richard Nobel 4
Samuel Nobel 4
Jane Nobel 3
Mark Nobel 3

Nobel Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Noble 60% 69,580
2 Anable 33% 357
3 Nobel 100% 345
4 Nable 40% 197

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The surname Nobel is the 3rd most popular variant of Noble.

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