Sales 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 14
Berkshire 21
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 27
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 48
Devon 4
Dorset 1
Durham 17
Essex 40
Gloucestershire 8
Hampshire 11
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 13
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 18
Isle of Man 0
Kent 405
Lancashire 102
Leicestershire 9
Lincolnshire 36
London 589
Middlesex 36
Northumberland 4
Norfolk 71
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 53
Oxfordshire 9
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 18
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 15
Somerset 15
Surrey 125
Sussex 113
Staffordshire 89
Warwickshire 14
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 17
Yorkshire 171

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 7
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 12
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Sales Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Sales family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 370
General Labourer 45
Agricultural Labourer 39
Coal Miner 32
Farm Labourer 25
Domestic Servant 20
Laundress 18
Living On Own Means 18
Carpenter 17
Labourer 16
Dress Maker 15
General Servant Domestic 15
Gardener 12
General Servant 11
Dressmaker 9
General Domestic Servant 8
Blacksmith 7
Cotton Weaver 7
Cotton Winder 7
Shoe Maker 7
Painter 6
Bricklayer Labourer 6
House Keeper 6
Gardener Domestic Servant 6
Brick Layer 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Sales

Name Census Frequency
William Sales 924
Mary Sales 649
John Sales 639
George Sales 516
Elizabeth Sales 505
Thomas Sales 477
Sarah Sales 433
Charles Sales 355
Henry Sales 353
James Sales 349
Ann Sales 261
Frederick Sales 244
Joseph Sales 208
Annie Sales 199
Edward Sales 198
Eliza Sales 195
Emma Sales 195
Jane Sales 193
Alice Sales 186
Ellen Sales 180
Emily Sales 177
Alfred Sales 176
Walter Sales 140
Harry Sales 136
Samuel Sales 134

Sales Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Sales 100% 13,372
2 Seales 83% 4,208
3 Isles 60% 3,907
4 Sayles 83% 3,258
5 Seals 60% 1,904
6 Soles 80% 899
7 Sails 60% 474
8 Seels 40% 408
9 Souls 40% 338
10 Sailes 83% 301
11 Siles 80% 250
12 Salis 80% 217
13 Selous 50% 160
14 Seiles 67% 127
15 Slous 40% 108
16 Sles 80% 107

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

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