Vale 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 0
Berkshire 15
Cambridgeshire 50
Channel Islands 8
Cheshire 35
Cornwall 2
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 25
Devon 14
Dorset 5
Durham 36
Essex 334
Gloucestershire 59
Hampshire 47
Herefordshire 126
Hertfordshire 38
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 37
Lancashire 119
Leicestershire 6
Lincolnshire 13
London 359
Middlesex 71
Northumberland 4
Norfolk 23
Northamptonshire 5
Nottinghamshire 55
Oxfordshire 8
Rutland 0
Shropshire 20
Suffolk 60
Somerset 35
Surrey 66
Sussex 35
Staffordshire 271
Warwickshire 442
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 5
Worcestershire 268
Yorkshire 75

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 6
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 9
Carmarthenshire 9
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 6
Glamorgan 83
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 22
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Vale Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Vale family

Profession Census Frequency
School 295
Private Means 28
Farm Labourer 25
General Servant (domestic) 17
Dressmaker 14
General Labourer 14
Coal Miner Hewer 13
Clerk 12
Labourer 11
At Home 10
Cook (domestic) 9
General Servant Domestic 9
House Painter 9
Housekeeper 9
None 9
Carpenter 9
Dress Maker 8
Errand Boy 8
Assisting In The Business 8
Gardener Domestic 7
Shop Assistant 7
Nil 7
Laundress 7
Gardener (domestic) 7
Labourer General 7

Most Frequent Forenames for Vale

Name Census Frequency
William Vale 1,112
Mary Vale 850
John Vale 745
George Vale 599
Elizabeth Vale 551
Thomas Vale 498
Sarah Vale 469
James Vale 393
Charles Vale 376
Henry Vale 333
Ann Vale 314
Eliza Vale 288
Emma Vale 253
Edward Vale 225
Alfred Vale 222
Jane Vale 213
Joseph Vale 213
Arthur Vale 195
Annie Vale 192
Ellen Vale 182
Alice Vale 176
Frederick Vale 166
Emily Vale 159
Florence Vale 131
Walter Vale 123

Vale Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Vale 100% 14,764
2 Veal 50% 12,725
3 Veale 80% 8,959
4 Vile 75% 4,093
5 Vail 50% 2,291
6 Vial 50% 1,388
7 Vaile 80% 960
8 Evil 25% 374
9 Viel 25% 296
10 Ivil 25% 216
11 Valle 80% 207
12 Voile 60% 198
13 Veail 40% 157
14 Ivel 25% 150
15 Ovel 25% 142
16 Voil 25% 131
17 Vaul 50% 109
18 Veel 25% 102

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

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