Spell 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 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 12
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

Spell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Spell family

Profession Census Frequency
School 3
Commercial Traveller 1
Pensioner 1
Carpenter 1
Agent Green Traveller 1
Book Keeper 1
Braeding House Keeper 1
Sorting Clerk & Telegraphist 1
Studant Jart Time 1
Tyre Repairer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Spell

Name Census Frequency
William Spell 26
John Spell 20
Elizabeth Spell 16
Mary Spell 15
Sarah Spell 15
George Spell 14
Emma Spell 9
Harriet Spell 9
Joseph Spell 9
Ann Spell 8
Henry Spell 8
Samuel Spell 8
Robert Spell 7
Catherine Spell 6
Edward Spell 6
Charles Spell 5
Thomas Spell 5
Albert Spell 4
Edith Spell 4
Eliza Spell 4
Emily Spell 4
Frederick Spell 4
Alice Spell 3
Caroline Spell 3
Charlotte Spell 3

Spell Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Spall 80% 4,418
2 Spill 80% 884
3 Spaull 67% 721
4 Aspell 83% 635
5 Spell 100% 283

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The surname Spell is the 5th most popular variant of Spall.

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