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 74
Buckinghamshire 4
Berkshire 140
Cambridgeshire 200
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 402
Cumberland 4
Derbyshire 17
Devon 900
Dorset 16
Durham 48
Essex 239
Gloucestershire 115
Hampshire 210
Herefordshire 6
Hertfordshire 122
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 24
Isle of Man 0
Kent 58
Lancashire 90
Leicestershire 20
Lincolnshire 53
London 1,126
Middlesex 211
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 33
Northamptonshire 37
Nottinghamshire 27
Oxfordshire 4
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 24
Shropshire 4
Suffolk 19
Somerset 96
Surrey 320
Sussex 299
Staffordshire 18
Warwickshire 59
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 12
Worcestershire 19
Yorkshire 107

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 2
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 31
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 8
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Searle Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Searle family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 1,106
Agricultural Labourer 121
Domestic Servant 63
Dress Maker 60
General Labourer 53
Farm Labourer 44
General Servant 40
Labourer 36
Annuitant 35
Laundress 34
Carpenter 26
House Keeper 22
Gardener 21
Shoe Maker 21
Painter 19
Farmers Son 17
Bricklayer 16
Servant 16
General Servant Domestic 14
Errand Boy 13
Cook Domestic Servant 12
Tailor 12
Tailoress 12
Brick Layer 12
Housemaid 11

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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