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 0
Buckinghamshire 1
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 7
Cheshire 7
Cornwall 17
Cumberland 2
Derbyshire 62
Devon 543
Dorset 30
Durham 2
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 201
Hampshire 56
Herefordshire 5
Hertfordshire 19
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 76
Lancashire 50
Leicestershire 8
Lincolnshire 3
London 298
Middlesex 21
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 15
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 40
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 1
Somerset 640
Surrey 33
Sussex 105
Staffordshire 34
Warwickshire 21
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 28
Worcestershire 15
Yorkshire 12

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 3
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 33
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 6
Monmouthshire 17
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Hole Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hole family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 445
Agricultural Labourer 72
Labourer 57
Domestic Servant 36
General Servant 27
Dress Maker 25
Carpenter 21
Farm Labourer 20
Servant 19
Laundress 18
Farmers Son 16
Farmer 13
Annuitant 12
Cook 11
Gardener 11
Shoe Maker 10
Farmers Wife 10
House Keeper 10
Retired Farmer 9
Farm Servant 8
Nurse 8
Clerk 8
Blacksmith 7
Charwoman 7
Dressmaker 7

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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