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 3
Buckinghamshire 2
Berkshire 17
Cambridgeshire 108
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 62
Cornwall 425
Cumberland 52
Derbyshire 0
Devon 37
Dorset 10
Durham 69
Essex 224
Gloucestershire 7
Hampshire 48
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 95
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 34
Isle of Man 0
Kent 84
Lancashire 172
Leicestershire 3
Lincolnshire 3
London 255
Middlesex 167
Northumberland 62
Norfolk 21
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 4
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 34
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 25
Somerset 0
Surrey 52
Sussex 15
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 15
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 9
Worcestershire 9
Yorkshire 57

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 14
Denbighshire 4
Flintshire 9
Glamorgan 44
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 18
Pembrokeshire 5
Radnorshire 0

Rule Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Rule family

Profession Census Frequency
School 218
Farm Labourer 28
Private Means 22
Labourer 16
Dress Maker 14
General Labourer 14
Tin Miner 14
Domestic Servant 13
None 13
General Servant (domestic) 10
Dressmaker 10
Blacksmith 10
Butcher 9
Domestic 9
Labourer On Farm 9
Coal Miner Hewer 9
Miner 9
At School 8
House Keeper 8
Old Age Pensioner 8
Home 8
Cooke Ovens 8
Housemaid (domestic) 7
Shop Assistant 7
Bricklayer 7

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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