Beal Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 35
Buckinghamshire 47
Berkshire 22
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 19
Cornwall 10
Cumberland 6
Derbyshire 64
Devon 67
Dorset 18
Durham 102
Essex 72
Gloucestershire 27
Hampshire 106
Herefordshire 12
Hertfordshire 12
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 11
Isle of Man 0
Kent 257
Lancashire 110
Leicestershire 54
Lincolnshire 25
London 439
Middlesex 103
Northumberland 97
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 76
Nottinghamshire 36
Oxfordshire 35
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 11
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 2
Somerset 26
Surrey 29
Sussex 199
Staffordshire 12
Warwickshire 74
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 27
Worcestershire 13
Yorkshire 811

Wales

Anglesey 4
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 11
Merionethshire 8
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 23
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Beal Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Beal family

Profession Census Frequency
Living On Own Means 43
General Labourer 38
Farmer 32
Dress Maker 25
General Servant Domestic 21
Laundress Wash 15
Scholar 15
Carpenter 14
House Painter 14
Cook Domestic 13
Agricultural Labourer 11
Charwoman 9
Domestic Servant 9
Dressmaker 9
House Keeper Domestic 9
Housemaid Domestic 9
School Boy 8
Farmers Son 8
Cotton Weaver 7
Farm Labourer 7
Blacksmith 6
Brick Layer 6
Plumber 6
Butcher 6
Coal Miner C Hewer 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Beal

Name Census Frequency
William Beal 1,341
Mary Beal 1,324
John Beal 1,129
Elizabeth Beal 890
George Beal 798
Sarah Beal 783
Thomas Beal 714
James Beal 622
Ann Beal 498
Charles Beal 457
Jane Beal 425
Henry Beal 405
Joseph Beal 342
Eliza Beal 317
Annie Beal 302
Emma Beal 278
Alfred Beal 271
Frederick Beal 265
Richard Beal 256
Alice Beal 236
Robert Beal 232
Hannah Beal 231
Arthur Beal 222
Ellen Beal 214
Albert Beal 194

Beal Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Beale 80% 27,059
2 Beal 100% 20,805
3 Bale 50% 19,546
4 Abel 50% 12,551
5 Beall 80% 3,632
6 Able 0% 3,628
7 Beel 75% 2,026
8 Bail 50% 1,898
9 Bool 50% 1,809
10 Bole 25% 1,701
11 Blee 25% 1,576
12 Boole 40% 1,117
13 Bailie 33% 819
14 Bile 25% 708
15 Boal 75% 696
16 Blue 25% 630
17 Beloe 40% 522
18 Baul 50% 441
19 Bele 50% 369
20 Baile 40% 364
21 Baal 75% 360
22 Boil 50% 341
23 Bule 25% 318
24 Boul 50% 298
25 Boileau 43% 261
26 Blea 50% 260
27 Ible 0% 235
28 Belle 60% 231
29 Biel 50% 173
30 Bloe 25% 164
31 Bola 25% 161
32 Ebel 50% 142
33 Bel 75% 114
34 Beele 60% 111

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The surname Beal is the 2nd most popular variant of Beale.

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