Seal Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 7
Buckinghamshire 12
Berkshire 16
Cambridgeshire 43
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 12
Cornwall 8
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 176
Devon 15
Dorset 40
Durham 10
Essex 92
Gloucestershire 44
Hampshire 116
Herefordshire 11
Hertfordshire 22
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 353
Lancashire 258
Leicestershire 159
Lincolnshire 6
London 459
Middlesex 122
Northumberland 19
Norfolk 8
Northamptonshire 55
Nottinghamshire 44
Oxfordshire 7
Rutland 0
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 1
Somerset 48
Surrey 185
Sussex 76
Staffordshire 96
Warwickshire 169
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 20
Worcestershire 47
Yorkshire 207

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 2
Glamorgan 48
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 33
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Seal Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Seal family

Profession Census Frequency
School 303
Farm Labourer 48
General Labourer 34
Labourer 20
Scholar 18
General Servant (domestic) 15
Private Means 15
Dressmaker 13
Farmer 13
Domestic Servant 12
Coal Miner Hewer 12
Charwoman 11
At School 11
Shop Assistant 11
Butcher 10
Errand Boy 10
None 10
Clerk 9
General Servant Domestic 9
House Keeper 9
At Home 8
Labourer On Farm 8
Coal Miner (hewer) 7
School Boy 7
Servant (domestic) 7

Most Frequent Forenames for Seal

Name Census Frequency
William Seal 1,097
Mary Seal 993
John Seal 919
Thomas Seal 649
Elizabeth Seal 643
George Seal 563
Sarah Seal 540
James Seal 459
Ann Seal 418
Joseph Seal 368
Henry Seal 364
Charles Seal 316
Eliza Seal 274
Annie Seal 258
Jane Seal 258
Robert Seal 227
Edward Seal 221
Arthur Seal 219
Emma Seal 214
Frederick Seal 210
Alice Seal 206
Florence Seal 201
Albert Seal 199
Samuel Seal 197
Ellen Seal 196

Seal Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Seal 100% 17,060
2 Sale 50% 15,533
3 Saul 50% 9,690
4 Slee 25% 8,358
5 Seale 80% 6,004
6 Sole 25% 5,637
7 Seel 75% 2,139
8 Soul 50% 1,988
9 Isle 0% 1,329
10 Sail 50% 883
11 Soal 75% 871
12 Soule 40% 446
13 Seall 80% 431
14 Soole 40% 373
15 Easlea 33% 248
16 Saile 40% 206
17 Selle 60% 181
18 Ceal 75% 130
19 Sala 50% 122
20 Slie 25% 110

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

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