Carroll 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 25
Berkshire 9
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 9
Cheshire 170
Cornwall 19
Cumberland 5
Derbyshire 33
Devon 46
Dorset 16
Durham 266
Essex 39
Gloucestershire 41
Hampshire 64
Herefordshire 4
Hertfordshire 8
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 47
Lancashire 1,621
Leicestershire 17
Lincolnshire 16
London 746
Middlesex 61
Northumberland 40
Norfolk 23
Northamptonshire 45
Nottinghamshire 27
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 14
Suffolk 0
Somerset 6
Surrey 38
Sussex 17
Staffordshire 82
Warwickshire 90
Westmorland 4
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 24
Yorkshire 530

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 8
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 9
Glamorgan 29
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 21
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Carroll Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Carroll family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 653
General Labourer 107
Labourer 54
Dock Labourer 50
Coal Miner 46
Domestic Servant 36
Dress Maker 34
Tailoress 30
Cotton Weaver 30
Living On Own Means 28
Tailor 25
Laundress 18
Hawker 18
General Servant Domestic 18
Charwoman 18
Worsted Spinner 18
General Servant 14
Cotton Spinner 13
Errand Boy 13
Clerk 12
Agricultural Labourer 11
Boot Maker 11
Plasterer 10
Joiner 10
Labourer General 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Carroll

Name Census Frequency
Mary Carroll 3,192
John Carroll 2,887
James Carroll 1,832
William Carroll 1,615
Thomas Carroll 1,574
Elizabeth Carroll 1,129
Margaret Carroll 1,050
Catherine Carroll 911
Ellen Carroll 862
Patrick Carroll 817
Sarah Carroll 693
Michael Carroll 677
Ann Carroll 614
Annie Carroll 563
Joseph Carroll 548
Bridget Carroll 508
Edward Carroll 480
Jane Carroll 476
George Carroll 422
Alice Carroll 358
Henry Carroll 334
Charles Carroll 317
Peter Carroll 306
Eliza Carroll 267
Richard Carroll 255

Carroll Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Carroll 100% 33,317
2 Carrol 86% 5,972
3 Currell 71% 4,407
4 Carrell 86% 3,691
5 Carrall 86% 1,871
6 Corrall 71% 1,630
7 Carrel 71% 1,533
8 Currall 71% 1,495
9 Carral 71% 593
10 Carol 71% 590
11 Caroll 86% 583
12 Correll 71% 525
13 Carrole 86% 319
14 Corroll 86% 267
15 Currill 71% 259
16 Carrill 86% 227

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The surname Carroll is the most popular version of all its varients

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