Parnell 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 28
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 26
Cornwall 143
Cumberland 2
Derbyshire 19
Devon 345
Dorset 24
Durham 30
Essex 63
Gloucestershire 79
Hampshire 102
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 23
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 39
Isle of Man 0
Kent 66
Lancashire 151
Leicestershire 49
Lincolnshire 19
London 404
Middlesex 41
Northumberland 8
Norfolk 219
Northamptonshire 50
Nottinghamshire 52
Oxfordshire 9
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 39
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 53
Somerset 62
Surrey 33
Sussex 33
Staffordshire 51
Warwickshire 71
Westmorland 4
Wiltshire 11
Worcestershire 15
Yorkshire 69

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 75
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 28
Pembrokeshire 8
Radnorshire 1

Parnell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Parnell family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 409
Agricultural Labourer 71
Living On Own Means 35
Domestic Servant 27
Dress Maker 22
Labourer 20
Living On Her Own Means 19
Farmer 17
General Labourer 17
Farm Labourer 17
Farm Servant 16
Laundress 14
General Servant Domestic 14
Gardener 13
Clerk 12
Tailoress 12
Carpenter 12
General Servant 12
Joiner 11
Painter 11
Shoe Maker 10
Coal Miner 8
Police Constable 7
General Domestic Servant 7
Hosiery Factory Hand 7

Most Frequent Forenames for Parnell

Name Census Frequency
William Parnell 1,367
Mary Parnell 1,175
John Parnell 1,016
Elizabeth Parnell 749
George Parnell 673
Thomas Parnell 610
Sarah Parnell 547
James Parnell 471
Henry Parnell 408
Charles Parnell 346
Jane Parnell 336
Ann Parnell 334
Emma Parnell 292
Eliza Parnell 276
Alice Parnell 268
Ellen Parnell 256
Robert Parnell 235
Frederick Parnell 234
Richard Parnell 231
Joseph Parnell 219
Edward Parnell 217
Annie Parnell 200
Samuel Parnell 196
Alfred Parnell 195
Emily Parnell 195

Parnell Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Parnell 100% 18,534
2 Purnell 86% 10,444
3 Parnall 86% 2,210
4 Parnel 86% 391
5 Purnall 71% 195
6 Parnal 71% 151
7 Pernell 86% 130
8 Parnill 86% 109

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The surname Parnell is the most popular version of all its varients

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