Hole Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 1
Buckinghamshire 2
Berkshire 10
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 10
Cheshire 2
Cornwall 11
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 75
Devon 566
Dorset 9
Durham 4
Essex 14
Gloucestershire 107
Hampshire 17
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 64
Lancashire 24
Leicestershire 22
Lincolnshire 10
London 172
Middlesex 12
Northumberland 11
Norfolk 15
Northamptonshire 8
Nottinghamshire 25
Oxfordshire 4
Rutland 0
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 4
Somerset 642
Surrey 44
Sussex 51
Staffordshire 8
Warwickshire 13
Westmorland 2
Wiltshire 22
Worcestershire 3
Yorkshire 30

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 23
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 5
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 2

Hole Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hole family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 271
Agricultural Labourer 93
House Servant 59
Farm Labourer 33
At Home 31
Servant 23
Labourer 22
Annuitant 21
Dress Maker 19
Ag Labourer 14
Farmer 12
General Servant 12
Carpenter 12
Farmers Son 11
Tailor 9
Gardener 9
Farm Servant 8
Farmer's Daughter 7
Farmer's Son 7
House Keeper 7
Pauper 7
Farmer's Wife 6
Cook 6
Shoe Maker 6
Pauper Agricultural Labourer 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Hole

Name Census Frequency
William Hole 1,570
Mary Hole 1,354
John Hole 1,269
Elizabeth Hole 1,015
George Hole 689
Thomas Hole 600
Sarah Hole 585
James Hole 581
Charles Hole 467
Henry Hole 440
Ann Hole 426
Jane Hole 361
Ellen Hole 327
Robert Hole 324
Emma Hole 312
Eliza Hole 292
Annie Hole 263
Alice Hole 260
Frederick Hole 253
Emily Hole 244
Richard Hole 238
Joseph Hole 225
Albert Hole 222
Louisa Hole 198
Alfred Hole 190

Hole Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hale 75% 73,259
2 Hole 100% 21,127
3 Heal 25% 14,796
4 Holl 75% 10,478
5 Heale 60% 7,782
6 Hoole 80% 7,602
7 Heel 25% 2,580
8 Hail 25% 2,419
9 Haile 60% 2,181
10 Hoile 80% 1,977
11 Hile 75% 1,873
12 Hele 75% 1,422
13 Hool 50% 1,331
14 Heil 25% 681
15 Whole 80% 471
16 Houle 80% 469
17 Heele 60% 361
18 Houl 50% 356
19 Hule 75% 324
20 Hoel 50% 218
21 Hal 50% 198
22 Hil 50% 197
23 Hoal 50% 167
24 Hiel 25% 163
25 Hael 25% 157
26 Healea 50% 140
27 Hoale 80% 138
28 Holle 80% 125
29 Hul 50% 106

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The surname Hole is the 2nd most popular variant of Hale.

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