Beale 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 38
Berkshire 66
Cambridgeshire 31
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 16
Cornwall 29
Cumberland 2
Derbyshire 39
Devon 61
Dorset 126
Durham 7
Essex 101
Gloucestershire 200
Hampshire 274
Herefordshire 19
Hertfordshire 58
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 8
Isle of Man 5
Kent 169
Lancashire 91
Leicestershire 99
Lincolnshire 13
London 903
Middlesex 128
Northumberland 7
Norfolk 11
Northamptonshire 59
Nottinghamshire 48
Oxfordshire 42
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 8
Shropshire 10
Suffolk 6
Somerset 96
Surrey 94
Sussex 189
Staffordshire 54
Warwickshire 156
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 60
Worcestershire 60
Yorkshire 145

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 5
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 7
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 56
Merionethshire 3
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 48
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 3

Beale Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Beale family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 594
Agricultural Labourer 57
General Labourer 46
Dress Maker 45
Living On Own Means 40
Living On Her Own Means 34
Domestic Servant 28
Farmer 27
General Servant 22
Labourer 20
Farm Labourer 20
Gardener 19
General Servant Domestic 19
Laundress 18
Coal Miner 18
Carpenter 12
Cook Domestic Servant 12
Tailor 11
Dressmaker 11
Clerk 11
Tailoress 10
House Keeper 10
Shoe Maker 10
Carman 9
Painter 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Beale

Name Census Frequency
William Beale 1,771
Mary Beale 1,482
John Beale 1,200
Elizabeth Beale 1,104
George Beale 1,011
Sarah Beale 904
James Beale 745
Thomas Beale 744
Charles Beale 704
Henry Beale 675
Ann Beale 526
Eliza Beale 451
Jane Beale 444
Alfred Beale 423
Joseph Beale 413
Annie Beale 390
Frederick Beale 364
Emily Beale 353
Emma Beale 328
Alice Beale 324
Ellen Beale 313
Arthur Beale 308
Edward Beale 302
Richard Beale 274
Louisa Beale 266

Beale Surname Variants Ranking

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

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