Bale 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 0
Cambridgeshire 3
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 42
Cornwall 56
Cumberland 5
Derbyshire 61
Devon 404
Dorset 0
Durham 18
Essex 25
Gloucestershire 127
Hampshire 43
Herefordshire 17
Hertfordshire 3
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 12
Isle of Man 2
Kent 21
Lancashire 80
Leicestershire 167
Lincolnshire 13
London 466
Middlesex 18
Northumberland 6
Norfolk 83
Northamptonshire 33
Nottinghamshire 53
Oxfordshire 3
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 12
Shropshire 18
Suffolk 4
Somerset 284
Surrey 21
Sussex 21
Staffordshire 197
Warwickshire 71
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 14
Worcestershire 35
Yorkshire 38

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 5
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 56
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 46
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Bale Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bale family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 415
Labourer 71
Agricultural Labourer 65
Domestic Servant 34
Carpenter 24
General Servant 24
Servant 23
Farm Labourer 20
Dress Maker 19
House Keeper 18
Coal Miner 17
Laundress 12
Nurse 11
General Servant Domestic 10
Butcher 10
Annuitant 9
Farm Servant 9
Mariner 9
Tailor 8
No Occupation 8
Cook 8
Collier 8
Gardener 7
Farmer 7
Grocer 7

Most Frequent Forenames for Bale

Name Census Frequency
Mary Bale 1,463
William Bale 1,372
John Bale 1,238
Elizabeth Bale 920
George Bale 662
Sarah Bale 655
Thomas Bale 637
James Bale 588
Henry Bale 498
Ann Bale 478
Eliza Bale 391
Charles Bale 372
Jane Bale 316
Richard Bale 299
Frederick Bale 268
Emma Bale 265
Joseph Bale 244
Alice Bale 242
Ellen Bale 234
Annie Bale 213
Alfred Bale 210
Samuel Bale 208
Hannah Bale 205
Robert Bale 204
Arthur Bale 201

Bale Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Beale 80% 27,059
2 Beal 50% 20,805
3 Bale 100% 19,546
4 Abel 25% 12,551
5 Able 50% 3,628
6 Beel 25% 2,026
7 Bail 50% 1,898
8 Bool 25% 1,809
9 Bole 75% 1,701
10 Blee 50% 1,576
11 Bayle 80% 1,375
12 Boole 60% 1,117
13 Bailie 67% 819
14 Bile 75% 708
15 Boal 50% 696
16 Blue 50% 630
17 Beloe 60% 522
18 Baul 50% 441
19 Bele 75% 369
20 Baile 80% 364
21 Baal 50% 360
22 Boil 25% 341
23 Bule 75% 318
24 Boul 25% 298
25 Boileau 43% 261
26 Blea 50% 260
27 Baylee 67% 252
28 Ible 50% 235
29 Balle 80% 179
30 Biel 25% 173
31 Bloe 50% 164
32 Bola 50% 161
33 Ebel 25% 142
34 Bel 50% 114
35 Beele 60% 111

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The surname Bale is the 3rd most popular variant of Beale.

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