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 2
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 33
Cambridgeshire 3
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 8
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 44
Devon 3
Dorset 1
Durham 28
Essex 66
Gloucestershire 11
Hampshire 32
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 2
Isle of Man 0
Kent 499
Lancashire 70
Leicestershire 17
Lincolnshire 15
London 661
Middlesex 20
Northumberland 8
Norfolk 82
Northamptonshire 11
Nottinghamshire 77
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 2
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 12
Somerset 2
Surrey 194
Sussex 97
Staffordshire 102
Warwickshire 5
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 7
Yorkshire 213

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 7
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 4
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Sales Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Sales family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 43
Dress Maker 23
Agricultural Labourer 22
Carpenter 18
General Servant Domestic 14
Cook Domestic 13
Domestic Servant 13
Living On Own Means 13
Scholar 13
Laundress 11
Housemaid Domestic 10
Laundress Wash 10
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 9
Charwoman 8
House Maid Domestic 8
Coal Miner Hewer 8
Coal Miner C Hewer 8
House Keeper Domestic 7
House Painter 7
Farm Labourer 7
Blacksmith 6
Dock Labourer 6
Domestic Cook 6
Servant Domestic 6
Domestic 5

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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