Kerl 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 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 5
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 5
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

Kerl Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Kerl family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Ag Labourer 2
Agricultural Labourer 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Assistant Draper 1
Brass Carter 1
Shepherd 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Kerl

Name Census Frequency
William Kerl 14
Ann Kerl 6
Elizabeth Kerl 6
Henry Kerl 6
John Kerl 6
Mary Kerl 6
Thomas Kerl 6
James Kerl 5
Anne Kerl 4
Anna Kerl 3
Annie Kerl 3
Charles Kerl 3
David Kerl 3
Emily Kerl 3
Kate Kerl 3
Louisa Kerl 3
Matilda Kerl 3
Ellen Kerl 2
Emmeline Kerl 2
Fanny Kerl 2
Frederick Kerl 2
Susanna Kerl 2
Walter Kerl 2
Alice Kerl 1
Arthur Kerl 1

Kerl Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Curl 50% 3,587
2 Keirle 67% 653
3 Keirl 80% 430
4 Curll 40% 366
5 Kearle 67% 351
6 Kearl 80% 258
7 Kerle 80% 258
8 Karl 75% 206
9 Karle 60% 170
10 Kerl 100% 128

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The surname Kerl is the 10th most popular variant of Curl.

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