Abel Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 7
Buckinghamshire 3
Berkshire 30
Cambridgeshire 3
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 67
Cornwall 14
Cumberland 2
Derbyshire 14
Devon 36
Dorset 7
Durham 80
Essex 131
Gloucestershire 24
Hampshire 30
Herefordshire 11
Hertfordshire 7
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 3
Isle of Man 0
Kent 44
Lancashire 180
Leicestershire 23
Lincolnshire 14
London 441
Middlesex 84
Northumberland 19
Norfolk 368
Northamptonshire 51
Nottinghamshire 24
Oxfordshire 5
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 3
Shropshire 19
Suffolk 18
Somerset 3
Surrey 39
Sussex 42
Staffordshire 87
Warwickshire 63
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 46
Worcestershire 71
Yorkshire 301

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 2
Cardiganshire 6
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 18
Denbighshire 14
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 75
Merionethshire 2
Montgomeryshire 20
Monmouthshire 4
Pembrokeshire 3
Radnorshire 7

Abel Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Abel family

Profession Census Frequency
School 272
Farm Labourer 34
Farmer 23
At School 19
Private Means 15
Labourer 14
General Servant (domestic) 13
Dressmaker 13
At Home 11
General Labourer 11
Clerk 10
None 10
Warehouseman 9
Scholar 8
Carpenter 7
General Servant Domestic 7
Housekeeper 6
Coal Miner Hewer 6
Domestic Servant 6
Commercial Clerk 6
Home 6
Moulder 6
Soldier 6
Musician 5
Razor Grinder 5

Most Frequent Forenames for Abel

Name Census Frequency
William Abel 836
John Abel 738
Mary Abel 650
Elizabeth Abel 492
Thomas Abel 478
George Abel 432
Sarah Abel 405
Ann Abel 298
James Abel 291
Henry Abel 257
Robert Abel 246
Jane Abel 219
Charles Abel 216
Frederick Abel 193
Alice Abel 189
Annie Abel 173
Ellen Abel 166
Emma Abel 160
Joseph Abel 159
Eliza Abel 151
Hannah Abel 145
Edward Abel 141
Alfred Abel 135
Emily Abel 127
Arthur Abel 125

Abel Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Beale 40% 27,059
2 Beal 50% 20,805
3 Bale 25% 19,546
4 Abel 100% 12,551
5 Abell 80% 6,873
6 Able 50% 3,628
7 Beel 50% 2,026
8 Bail 25% 1,898
9 Bool 25% 1,809
10 Bole 25% 1,701
11 Blee 25% 1,576
12 Boole 20% 1,117
13 Bailie 17% 819
14 Bile 25% 708
15 Boal 25% 696
16 Blue 0% 630
17 Beloe 40% 522
18 Baul 25% 441
19 Bele 50% 369
20 Baile 20% 364
21 Baal 25% 360
22 Boil 25% 341
23 Bule 25% 318
24 Boul 25% 298
25 Boileau 14% 261
26 Blea 25% 260
27 Ible 25% 235
28 Biel 50% 173
29 Bloe 0% 164
30 Bola 25% 161
31 Ebel 75% 142
32 Bel 75% 114
33 Beele 40% 111

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The surname Abel is the 4th most popular variant of Beale.

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