Rules 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 0
Cornwall 5
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 2
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 5
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 3
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

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

Rules Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Rules family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
Dress Maker 1
Maltster 1
Plain Sewing 1
Servant 1
Shoring Woman 1
Cotton Porter 1
Master Sadler 1
Cockspeer Maker 1
Dairy Servant 1
Farmer's Servant 1
Braizer 1
Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Rules

Name Census Frequency
William Rules 15
Mary Rules 13
Elizabeth Rules 12
George Rules 12
Henry Rules 7
Jane Rules 7
John Rules 7
Sarah Rules 7
Alice Rules 6
Joseph Rules 6
Thomas Rules 6
Annie Rules 5
Emily Rules 5
Ann Rules 4
Ellen Rules 4
Isabella Rules 4
James Rules 4
Margaret Rules 4
Catherine Rules 3
Charles Rules 3
Charlotte Rules 3
Edward Rules 3
Emma Rules 3
Harriet Rules 3
Richard Rules 3

Rules Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Roles 80% 3,598
2 Earles 50% 2,337
3 Earls 20% 1,369
4 Riles 80% 779
5 Rools 40% 265
6 Rules 100% 217
7 Rols 60% 136

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The surname Rules is the 6th most popular variant of Roles.

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