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 37
Buckinghamshire 29
Berkshire 7
Cambridgeshire 2
Channel Islands 12
Cheshire 314
Cornwall 7
Cumberland 21
Derbyshire 34
Devon 37
Dorset 17
Durham 553
Essex 186
Gloucestershire 56
Hampshire 148
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 27
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 9
Kent 113
Lancashire 2,987
Leicestershire 22
Lincolnshire 31
London 1,064
Middlesex 178
Northumberland 151
Norfolk 4
Northamptonshire 30
Nottinghamshire 33
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 14
Suffolk 8
Somerset 9
Surrey 118
Sussex 35
Staffordshire 222
Warwickshire 183
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 7
Worcestershire 55
Yorkshire 862

Wales

Anglesey 2
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 23
Carmarthenshire 2
Denbighshire 2
Flintshire 14
Glamorgan 177
Merionethshire 4
Montgomeryshire 2
Monmouthshire 21
Pembrokeshire 18
Radnorshire 0

Carroll Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Carroll family

Profession Census Frequency
School 766
Labourer 83
General Labourer 73
Dock Labourer 56
Coal Miner Hewer 47
None 39
At Home 36
Cotton Weaver 36
Dressmaker 33
Soldier 32
At School 31
House Keeper 29
Nil 27
Housekeeper 27
Domestic Servant 25
General Servant (domestic) 25
Charwoman 24
Laundress 21
School Boy 21
House Painter 20
Shop Assistant 19
Weaver 19
Cook (domestic) 18
Dress Maker 18
Private Means 18

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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