Dell 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 139
Berkshire 84
Cambridgeshire 12
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 11
Cornwall 30
Cumberland 7
Derbyshire 17
Devon 44
Dorset 7
Durham 10
Essex 126
Gloucestershire 20
Hampshire 47
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 259
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 67
Lancashire 104
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 13
London 680
Middlesex 325
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 14
Northamptonshire 23
Nottinghamshire 2
Oxfordshire 11
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 2
Somerset 41
Surrey 100
Sussex 78
Staffordshire 52
Warwickshire 75
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 9
Worcestershire 29
Yorkshire 67

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 4
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 5
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Dell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dell family

Profession Census Frequency
School 264
General Labourer 29
Private Means 21
None 18
Farm Labourer 17
House Painter 16
Dressmaker 15
Labourer 14
Clerk 10
Dress Maker 10
General Servant (domestic) 10
No Occupation 10
Domestic Servant 8
Cook (domestic) 8
House Keeper 8
General Servant Domestic 8
Carpenter 7
House Decorator 7
Housemaid (domestic) 7
Laundress 7
Milliner 7
Soldier 7
Assisting In Business 6
Grocer 6
Tailoress 5

Most Frequent Forenames for Dell

Name Census Frequency
William Dell 942
Mary Dell 780
John Dell 684
George Dell 528
Elizabeth Dell 498
Sarah Dell 497
James Dell 434
Thomas Dell 394
Henry Dell 309
Joseph Dell 293
Charles Dell 272
Ann Dell 262
Emma Dell 232
Jane Dell 232
Frederick Dell 227
Eliza Dell 209
Alice Dell 201
Alfred Dell 196
Annie Dell 191
Ellen Dell 153
Emily Dell 132
Florence Dell 131
Maria Dell 130
Arthur Dell 127
Richard Dell 119

Dell Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Odell 80% 16,072
2 Dell 100% 13,401
3 Udall 60% 3,751
4 Dall 75% 3,659
5 Dill 75% 1,085
6 Duell 80% 1,044
7 Doll 75% 854
8 Deall 80% 682
9 Udell 80% 647
10 Dull 75% 317
11 Adell 80% 274
12 Edell 80% 174
13 Deel 75% 171
14 Delloe 67% 171
15 Doull 60% 169
16 Idell 80% 150
17 Odill 60% 124
18 Della 80% 107
19 Dalla 60% 104

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The surname Dell is the 2nd most popular variant of Odell.

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