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 10
Berkshire 182
Cambridgeshire 137
Channel Islands 22
Cheshire 34
Cornwall 404
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 16
Devon 824
Dorset 19
Durham 37
Essex 262
Gloucestershire 82
Hampshire 244
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 116
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 28
Isle of Man 2
Kent 70
Lancashire 91
Leicestershire 39
Lincolnshire 46
London 1,147
Middlesex 175
Northumberland 14
Norfolk 27
Northamptonshire 44
Nottinghamshire 24
Oxfordshire 11
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 28
Shropshire 4
Suffolk 46
Somerset 123
Surrey 294
Sussex 346
Staffordshire 31
Warwickshire 43
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 9
Yorkshire 123

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 44
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 10
Pembrokeshire 3
Radnorshire 0

Searle Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Searle family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 885
Agricultural Labourer 107
General Labourer 88
Laundress 64
Living On Own Means 58
Dress Maker 51
Domestic Servant 47
Farmer 38
General Servant Domestic 38
Carpenter 35
Gardener 32
Farm Labourer 30
Living On Her Own Means 29
General Servant 26
Labourer 25
Brick Layer 20
Charwoman 19
Bricklayer 16
Cook Domestic Servant 15
Clerk 15
Carman 14
Baker 13
Painter 13
House Keeper 13
General Domestic Servant 12

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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