Parnell Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 8
Buckinghamshire 3
Berkshire 10
Cambridgeshire 51
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 33
Cornwall 220
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 44
Devon 542
Dorset 25
Durham 49
Essex 109
Gloucestershire 41
Hampshire 260
Herefordshire 6
Hertfordshire 29
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 22
Isle of Man 0
Kent 122
Lancashire 253
Leicestershire 65
Lincolnshire 4
London 414
Middlesex 83
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 252
Northamptonshire 88
Nottinghamshire 110
Oxfordshire 3
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 22
Shropshire 4
Suffolk 99
Somerset 37
Surrey 73
Sussex 24
Staffordshire 53
Warwickshire 135
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 14
Worcestershire 7
Yorkshire 132

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 4
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 4
Carmarthenshire 2
Denbighshire 6
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 77
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 38
Pembrokeshire 3
Radnorshire 0

Parnell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Parnell family

Profession Census Frequency
School 357
Farm Labourer 64
Private Means 35
General Labourer 26
General Servant (domestic) 25
Labourer 24
Farmer 21
At School 19
Dressmaker 17
Domestic Servant 16
Horseman On Farm 13
General Servant Domestic 12
No Occupation 12
None 12
Gardener Domestic 12
General Servant 11
Carter 11
Housekeeper 11
Carpenter 10
Dress Maker 10
Old Age Pensioner 10
Shop Assistant 10
Assisting In The Business 10
Laundress 10
At Home 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Parnell

Name Census Frequency
William Parnell 1,367
Mary Parnell 1,175
John Parnell 1,016
Elizabeth Parnell 749
George Parnell 673
Thomas Parnell 610
Sarah Parnell 547
James Parnell 471
Henry Parnell 408
Charles Parnell 346
Jane Parnell 336
Ann Parnell 334
Emma Parnell 292
Eliza Parnell 276
Alice Parnell 268
Ellen Parnell 256
Robert Parnell 235
Frederick Parnell 234
Richard Parnell 231
Joseph Parnell 219
Edward Parnell 217
Annie Parnell 200
Samuel Parnell 196
Alfred Parnell 195
Emily Parnell 195

Parnell Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Parnell 100% 18,534
2 Purnell 86% 10,444
3 Parnall 86% 2,210
4 Parnel 86% 391
5 Purnall 71% 195
6 Parnal 71% 151
7 Pernell 86% 130
8 Parnill 86% 109

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

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