Searle 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 3
Berkshire 112
Cambridgeshire 194
Channel Islands 15
Cheshire 6
Cornwall 384
Cumberland 4
Derbyshire 6
Devon 828
Dorset 17
Durham 26
Essex 170
Gloucestershire 89
Hampshire 158
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 133
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 17
Isle of Man 0
Kent 69
Lancashire 91
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 31
London 967
Middlesex 103
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 16
Northamptonshire 37
Nottinghamshire 7
Oxfordshire 3
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 17
Shropshire 5
Suffolk 34
Somerset 137
Surrey 311
Sussex 250
Staffordshire 3
Warwickshire 32
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 14
Worcestershire 15
Yorkshire 45

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 3
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 17
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Searle Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Searle family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 809
Agricultural Labourer 132
Labourer 85
Domestic Servant 51
Laundress 46
Dress Maker 43
General Servant 38
Carpenter 36
Annuitant 27
House Keeper 25
Servant 23
Straw Plaiter 22
Gardener 21
Farm Labourer 21
Painter 21
Mason 19
Blacksmith 17
Bricklayer 17
Thatcher 16
Farm Servant 15
No Occupation 15
Wife Of Above 15
Ag Lab 14
Dressmaker 13
Clerk 13

Most Frequent Forenames for Searle

Name Census Frequency
William Searle 2,698
Mary Searle 2,274
John Searle 1,887
Elizabeth Searle 1,567
George Searle 1,392
James Searle 1,258
Thomas Searle 1,077
Sarah Searle 1,006
Charles Searle 922
Henry Searle 884
Ann Searle 676
Jane Searle 671
Frederick Searle 624
Emma Searle 613
Alice Searle 588
Eliza Searle 578
Annie Searle 544
Alfred Searle 538
Ellen Searle 527
Emily Searle 496
Arthur Searle 448
Edward Searle 421
Richard Searle 415
Joseph Searle 410
Robert Searle 364

Searle Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Searle 100% 38,589
2 Searl 83% 3,510
3 Israel 33% 2,663
4 Serle 83% 2,098
5 Sarel 50% 272
6 Sarle 83% 181
7 Sarl 67% 162
8 Searll 83% 153
9 Sorel 33% 142
10 Sirl 50% 132
11 Isreal 33% 111
12 Surle 67% 101

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