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 62
Buckinghamshire 7
Berkshire 211
Cambridgeshire 243
Channel Islands 13
Cheshire 36
Cornwall 475
Cumberland 9
Derbyshire 25
Devon 906
Dorset 18
Durham 107
Essex 603
Gloucestershire 200
Hampshire 437
Herefordshire 7
Hertfordshire 152
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 45
Isle of Man 2
Kent 155
Lancashire 145
Leicestershire 50
Lincolnshire 30
London 1,529
Middlesex 472
Northumberland 13
Norfolk 42
Northamptonshire 110
Nottinghamshire 68
Oxfordshire 26
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 45
Shropshire 5
Suffolk 83
Somerset 195
Surrey 724
Sussex 488
Staffordshire 56
Warwickshire 37
Westmorland 2
Wiltshire 39
Worcestershire 40
Yorkshire 149

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 5
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 5
Denbighshire 2
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 158
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 21
Pembrokeshire 8
Radnorshire 0

Searle Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Searle family

Profession Census Frequency
School 782
Private Means 80
General Labourer 77
Farm Labourer 76
General Servant (domestic) 55
Laundress 48
None 44
Farmer 42
Labourer 40
Carpenter 35
Clerk 34
At Home 32
Dressmaker 30
Domestic Servant 28
Shop Assistant 28
Bricklayer 27
Dress Maker 25
At School 24
House Painter 23
Assisting In Business 22
Carman 22
Old Age Pensioner 20
Labourer General 19
Errand Boy 18
Scholar 18

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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