Wail Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Wail Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wail family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 8
Agriculture Labourer 5
Agricultural Labourer 3
Launderess 2
Cabinet Maker Employing 1 Man 12 Boy 2
Laundress 2
General Servant Domestic 1
Peasterer 1
Clerk At Chester 1
Coal Miner 1
Gardner 1
Miner's Labourer 1
Miners Wife 1
General Servant 1
Cook 1
Office Boy 1
Policeman 1
House Keeper 1
Grocer Assistant 1
Groom House Clipper 1
Painter 1
Cloth Weaver 1
Labourer 1
Machine Joiner At Foundry 1
Wool Sorter Woollen Mill 1

Wail Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wale 50% 12,786
2 Whale 40% 12,604
3 Weale 40% 5,062
4 Weal 50% 3,154
5 Wool 50% 2,344
6 Wile 50% 936
7 Weil 75% 565
8 Waile 80% 380
9 Woole 40% 325
10 Weel 50% 249
11 Wail 100% 244
12 Walle 60% 210
13 Wayle 60% 164

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The surname Wail is the 11th most popular variant of Wale.

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