Mole 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 51
Berkshire 14
Cambridgeshire 55
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 15
Cornwall 6
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 2
Devon 84
Dorset 0
Durham 328
Essex 218
Gloucestershire 13
Hampshire 24
Herefordshire 20
Hertfordshire 82
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 7
Isle of Man 0
Kent 49
Lancashire 116
Leicestershire 12
Lincolnshire 22
London 313
Middlesex 96
Northumberland 440
Norfolk 31
Northamptonshire 44
Nottinghamshire 10
Oxfordshire 55
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 7
Shropshire 46
Suffolk 26
Somerset 19
Surrey 78
Sussex 15
Staffordshire 221
Warwickshire 251
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 14
Worcestershire 288
Yorkshire 133

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 4
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 10
Glamorgan 18
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 27
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Mole Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Mole family

Profession Census Frequency
School 320
Farm Labourer 34
Labourer 26
Coal Miner Hewer 24
Clerk 19
Dressmaker 18
Farmer 16
General Labourer 16
None 16
Private Means 14
Domestic Servant 14
General Servant (domestic) 13
Scholar 13
Fisherman 12
At Home 11
Bricklayer 11
House Painter 10
Laundress 10
General Servant Domestic 10
Housekeeper 8
No Occupation 8
Plasterer 8
House Keeper 8
Dress Maker 7
Soldier 7

Most Frequent Forenames for Mole

Name Census Frequency
John Mole 1,141
Mary Mole 1,126
William Mole 1,122
Elizabeth Mole 765
George Mole 696
James Mole 674
Thomas Mole 593
Sarah Mole 490
Joseph Mole 433
Ann Mole 384
Jane Mole 375
Henry Mole 360
Charles Mole 342
Ellen Mole 264
Robert Mole 249
Edward Mole 238
Eliza Mole 231
Margaret Mole 231
Arthur Mole 222
Emily Mole 208
Emma Mole 204
Annie Mole 194
Frederick Mole 193
Hannah Mole 184
Alfred Mole 182

Mole Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Mole 100% 17,853
2 Male 75% 13,999
3 Moule 80% 7,374
4 Melia 40% 4,706
5 Maile 60% 3,265
6 Meal 25% 3,092
7 Maule 60% 3,026
8 Meale 60% 2,290
9 Mile 75% 1,747
10 Moul 50% 1,668
11 Mail 25% 1,509
12 Maul 25% 1,287
13 Malia 40% 1,261
14 Mowle 80% 980
15 Mowl 50% 699
16 Amelia 33% 395
17 Molle 80% 290
18 Moole 80% 227
19 Omalia 33% 182
20 Mealia 33% 168
21 Omelia 33% 147
22 Milue 60% 144
23 Mule 75% 141
24 Moal 50% 133
25 Mowll 60% 127
26 Mial 25% 106
27 Milo 50% 103

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The surname Mole is the most popular version of all its varients

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