Rule 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 7
Berkshire 2
Cambridgeshire 140
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 14
Cornwall 455
Cumberland 42
Derbyshire 3
Devon 61
Dorset 11
Durham 118
Essex 106
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 22
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 79
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 31
Isle of Man 0
Kent 61
Lancashire 73
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 260
Middlesex 42
Northumberland 68
Norfolk 16
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 3
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 31
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 16
Somerset 0
Surrey 34
Sussex 7
Staffordshire 6
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 9
Yorkshire 48

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 7
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 36
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 6
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Rule Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Rule family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 342
Agricultural Labourer 47
Tin Miner 29
Dress Maker 24
Domestic Servant 21
Labourer 21
Coal Miner 17
General Servant 15
Farm Labourer 13
Annuitant 11
Laundress 11
Copper Miner 10
Plasterer 9
General Labourer 8
Tin Dresser 8
Grocer 6
House Keeper 6
Black Smith 6
Bricklayer 5
Dressmaker 5
Errand Boy 5
Blacksmith 5
Slater & Plasterer 5
Charwoman 5
Milliner 5

Most Frequent Forenames for Rule

Name Census Frequency
Mary Rule 1,080
William Rule 1,042
John Rule 873
Elizabeth Rule 725
James Rule 599
Thomas Rule 459
George Rule 400
Jane Rule 374
Charles Rule 339
Sarah Rule 295
Henry Rule 288
Ann Rule 282
Richard Rule 282
Eliza Rule 239
Joseph Rule 216
Emily Rule 194
Alice Rule 176
Annie Rule 174
Robert Rule 172
Susan Rule 151
Emma Rule 145
Ellen Rule 142
Frederick Rule 142
Edward Rule 139
Margaret Rule 139

Rule Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Earl 0% 26,656
2 Rule 100% 14,292
3 Earle 40% 13,504
4 Real 25% 3,888
5 Reel 25% 1,014
6 Oriel 20% 797
7 Ruel 50% 690
8 Rail 25% 594
9 Role 75% 510
10 Reale 60% 470
11 Rale 75% 277
12 Rial 25% 254
13 Roole 60% 251
14 Riel 25% 241
15 Reil 25% 221
16 Arle 50% 215
17 Rool 25% 193
18 Erle 50% 161
19 Rile 75% 154
20 Ral 50% 149
21 Rol 50% 145
22 Reele 60% 132

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The surname Rule is the 2nd most popular variant of Earl.

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