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 25
Buckinghamshire 64
Berkshire 64
Cambridgeshire 17
Channel Islands 24
Cheshire 15
Cornwall 40
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 68
Devon 106
Dorset 170
Durham 8
Essex 266
Gloucestershire 212
Hampshire 359
Herefordshire 16
Hertfordshire 99
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 14
Isle of Man 6
Kent 276
Lancashire 144
Leicestershire 78
Lincolnshire 18
London 1,158
Middlesex 270
Northumberland 23
Norfolk 16
Northamptonshire 86
Nottinghamshire 45
Oxfordshire 112
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 14
Shropshire 14
Suffolk 7
Somerset 145
Surrey 244
Sussex 212
Staffordshire 148
Warwickshire 365
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 108
Worcestershire 134
Yorkshire 179

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 3
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 2
Denbighshire 6
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 130
Merionethshire 5
Montgomeryshire 3
Monmouthshire 94
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Beale Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Beale family

Profession Census Frequency
School 531
Farm Labourer 54
Private Means 51
General Servant (domestic) 37
General Labourer 25
Labourer 22
Clerk 21
Dressmaker 21
Laundress 21
Scholar 20
None 18
Domestic Servant 17
Dress Maker 17
At School 16
Cook (domestic) 16
Charwoman 15
House Painter 15
Carman 14
Carter 14
Carpenter 14
Farmer 14
At Home 14
Bricklayer 13
General Servant 13
Shop Assistant 12

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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