Heal Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 7
Buckinghamshire 11
Berkshire 11
Cambridgeshire 3
Channel Islands 6
Cheshire 23
Cornwall 25
Cumberland 8
Derbyshire 8
Devon 279
Dorset 28
Durham 65
Essex 42
Gloucestershire 84
Hampshire 160
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 5
Isle of Man 0
Kent 35
Lancashire 105
Leicestershire 19
Lincolnshire 48
London 365
Middlesex 64
Northumberland 24
Norfolk 29
Northamptonshire 17
Nottinghamshire 10
Oxfordshire 18
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 5
Shropshire 6
Suffolk 3
Somerset 420
Surrey 31
Sussex 11
Staffordshire 28
Warwickshire 39
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 35
Worcestershire 14
Yorkshire 140

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 10
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 58
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 23
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Heal Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Heal family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 399
Coal Miner 42
Agricultural Labourer 37
Domestic Servant 34
General Labourer 33
Farmer 29
Dress Maker 25
Laundress 20
General Servant 19
General Servant Domestic 17
Living On Own Means 17
Carpenter 16
House Keeper 12
Grocer 11
Labourer 11
Farm Labourer 10
Gardener 8
Dressmaker 8
Cotton Weaver 8
Farm Servant 7
General Domestic Servant 7
Coachman 6
Living On Her Own Means 6
Baker 6
Blacksmith 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Heal

Name Census Frequency
Mary Heal 967
William Heal 963
John Heal 808
Elizabeth Heal 696
George Heal 557
James Heal 448
Thomas Heal 423
Sarah Heal 382
Henry Heal 366
Ann Heal 360
Charles Heal 299
Frederick Heal 238
Jane Heal 232
Joseph Heal 223
Eliza Heal 217
Ellen Heal 215
Alice Heal 189
Annie Heal 188
Emma Heal 187
Emily Heal 182
Richard Heal 143
Arthur Heal 134
Robert Heal 133
Samuel Heal 130
Alfred Heal 125

Heal Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hale 50% 73,259
2 Hole 25% 21,127
3 Heal 100% 14,796
4 Heale 80% 7,782
5 Hoole 40% 7,602
6 Heel 75% 2,580
7 Hail 50% 2,419
8 Haile 40% 2,181
9 Hoile 40% 1,977
10 Hile 25% 1,873
11 Hele 50% 1,422
12 Hool 50% 1,331
13 Heil 75% 681
14 Heall 80% 675
15 Houle 40% 469
16 Heele 60% 361
17 Houl 50% 356
18 Hule 25% 324
19 Hoel 50% 218
20 Hal 75% 198
21 Hil 50% 197
22 Hoal 75% 167
23 Hiel 50% 163
24 Hael 50% 157
25 Healea 67% 140
26 Hoale 60% 138
27 Hul 50% 106

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The surname Heal is the 3rd most popular variant of Hale.

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