Exall Surname

489,550th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 677 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Exall Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Exhall,' two parishes in Warwickshire The variant Excell is clearly imitative of the dictionary word excel, to surpass. Endless similar imitations are scattered throughout this book.

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Exall Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4631:120,34112,187
South Africa931:582,55644,854
United States461:7,879,542351,394
Wales211:147,35910,403
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Barbados11:287,4482,772
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland111:402,71514,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1871:130,35012,089
Wales151:104,5614,503
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:2,008,747100,426

Exall Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Exhall,' two parishes in Warwickshire The variant Excell is clearly imitative of the dictionary word excel, to surpass. Endless similar imitations are scattered throughout this book. v. Axtell.

1701. Married — Richard Exall and Eliz Bushbey: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1796. — Samuel Willington and Esther Excell: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Exhall (Warw.), A.D. 1002 Eccleshal [the first element may be an Anglo-Saxon pers. name Æccel in the genit. case or from Latin ecclesia, a church; the second is either Old English h(e)al, a slope, corner, or h(e)all, a hall]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Two parishes in co. Warwick. (Exhall.)

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Most probably the same as Exall; from Exhall, name of two parishes co. Warwick.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Exall Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Exall Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Exall occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Exall? popularity and diffusion

Exall is the 489,550th most widespread last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 10,764,470 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 73 percent of Exall live; 72 percent live in Northern Europe and 72 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most frequent in England, where it is held by 463 people, or 1 in 120,341. In England Exall is most common in: Kent, where 17 percent are found, Greater London, where 17 percent are found and West Midlands, where 13 percent are found. Other than England Exall exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.

Exall Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Exall has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname increased 248 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 184 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 140 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Exall Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Exall last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Exall surname are 28.59% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 81.82% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Exall earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 82.96% more than the national average, earning R 434,772 per year; in United States they earn 33.15% more than the national average, earning $57,455 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.22% more than the national average, earning $63,706 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hexall911/
Exhall911/
Excall910/
Exal894/
Axall8047/
Exalt808/
Exale804/
Ezall804/
Exaël804/
Esall803/
Ecall802/
Exaul801/
Esxal801/
Ejall801/
Exeal800/
Exoll800/
Oxall800/
Edsall732,441/
Yoxall731,333/
Escall7347/
Haxall7329/
Exatil7314/
Axhall7310/
Echall736/
Exatel735/
Eshall734/
Ejalle734/
Esalle733/
Exzale732/
Ekzall732/
Easall732/
Ezalle731/
Ezzall731/
Exsalt731/
Etsall730/
Hoxall730/
Excoll730/
Eazall730/
Ecal672,256/
Ezal67182/
Eşal67107/
Esal6799/
Ejal6752/
Echalle6732/
Exol6710/
Yoxhall679/
Axal679/
Hejhall674/
Edjalle671/
Exsatel671/
Essalle671/
Heazall671/
Heyqxal671/
Eichall671/
Edsalle671/
Edshall670/
Heasall670/
Heisall670/
Haxhall670/
Hedsall670/

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