| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 1 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 2 |
| Devon | 0 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 50 |
| Essex | 2 |
| Gloucestershire | 0 |
| Hampshire | 10 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 6 |
| Lancashire | 61 |
| Leicestershire | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 0 |
| London | 24 |
| Middlesex | 1 |
| Northumberland | 114 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 2 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 0 |
| Surrey | 6 |
| Sussex | 1 |
| Staffordshire | 1 |
| Warwickshire | 4 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 16 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 2 |
| Merionethshire | 3 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 1 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 60 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 19 |
| Coal Miner | 7 |
| General Servant | 4 |
| Tailor | 4 |
| General Labourer | 4 |
| Puddler Iron | 4 |
| Joiner | 3 |
| Labourer | 3 |
| Domestic Servant | 3 |
| Farm Servant Indoor | 3 |
| General Servant Domestic | 3 |
| Annuitant | 3 |
| Field Worker | 3 |
| Clerk | 2 |
| Labourer Wife | 2 |
| Farm Servant | 2 |
| Laundress | 2 |
| Iron Foundry Labourer | 2 |
| Stableman Hunt | 1 |
| Domestic Servant Housemaid | 1 |
| Lt Colonel R A Active List | 1 |
| Agricultural Labourer Field Worker | 1 |
| Farm Bailiff | 1 |
| Tin Plate Shearer | 1 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| John Shiel | 174 |
| Mary Shiel | 154 |
| James Shiel | 127 |
| William Shiel | 117 |
| Margaret Shiel | 102 |
| Thomas Shiel | 102 |
| Elizabeth Shiel | 83 |
| George Shiel | 82 |
| Robert Shiel | 79 |
| Jane Shiel | 77 |
| Ann Shiel | 38 |
| Sarah Shiel | 37 |
| Ellen Shiel | 31 |
| Isabella Shiel | 31 |
| Patrick Shiel | 27 |
| Catherine Shiel | 26 |
| Edward Shiel | 23 |
| Alexander Shiel | 22 |
| Agnes Shiel | 20 |
| Annie Shiel | 20 |
| Bridget Shiel | 20 |
| Michael Shiel | 20 |
| Joseph Shiel | 19 |
| Richard Shiel | 18 |
| Peter Shiel | 17 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shale | 40% | 2,226 |
| 2 | Shiel | 100% | 2,135 |
| 3 | Shail | 60% | 1,617 |
| 4 | Shaul | 60% | 729 |
| 5 | Sheil | 60% | 718 |
| 6 | Sheel | 80% | 667 |
| 7 | Shiell | 83% | 471 |
| 8 | Ashlee | 50% | 251 |
| 9 | Sheal | 60% | 210 |
| 10 | Shoel | 80% | 147 |
| 11 | Sheele | 67% | 108 |
The surname Shiel is the 2nd most popular variant of Shale.