Earl is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Earl
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Earl

How popular is Earl?

Earl is common in United States.

Earl is ranked 14962 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Earl bearers increased by 4.430833 per cent in 2010 US census to 16027 since 2000, the surname slipped by 100 spots and ranked at 2270. The last name was found in around 54 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 72.35 74.49
Black 21.36 21.12
Hispanic or Latino 2.71 1.8
Others 2.14 1.5
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.73 0.71
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.71 0.37
Earl is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Guernsey is ahead in terms of density. Around 35191 people have been found who wears Earl as their family name. Earl is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,742 China9
9,206 Trinidad and Tobago8
98,953 Belarus7
13,220 Thailand6
114,007 Czech Republic4
14,193 Egypt3
26,532 Chile2
9,185 Hong Kong2
23,344 Austria2
12,844 Pakistan2
26,123 Malaysia2
6,103 Cyprus2
89,020 Tanzania2
7,292 Vietnam1
10,190 Bahrain1
15,705 Cameroon1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
24,460 Armenia1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
810,193 Indonesia1
28,365 Kenya1
13,447 Uganda1
1,572 Macau1
4,942 Libya1
17,575 Kuwait1
3,071 Jersey1
29,046 Japan1
49,101 Denmark1
2,057 Isle of Man1
1,254 Gibraltar1
17,236 Ghana1
6,967 Macedonia1
56,169 Mexico1
5,872 Namibia1
5,553 Taiwan1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
36,814 Romania1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
21,562 Portugal1
58,885 Poland1
215 Palau1
11,510 Oman1
7,110 Bosnia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
12,953 Finland48
7,175 Singapore41
289,354 India38
28,564 Switzerland36
49,393 Netherlands35
8,720 Qatar29
32,811 Sweden29
23,443 Norway26
144,672 Ukraine24
52,530 Belgium22
606 Guernsey18
4,076 Costa Rica14
699 Bermuda13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
14,725 Peru85
4,308 Ireland82
13,832 United Arab Emirates69
78,184 Italy67
35,096 Spain66
3,129 Northern Ireland60
167,668 Russia58
Countries with hundreds of Earl:
991 New Zealand715
1,947 Scotland368
43,536 Germany235
1,644 Jamaica161
2,864 Wales135
77,708 France122
Countries with thousands of Earl:
1,230 England6,329
1,158 Australia2,731
2,231 Canada2,256
4,827 South Africa1,352
12,822 Philippines1,160
Countries with ten thousands of Earl:
2,157 United States18,684
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

U Earl was 2 months old when he migrated to New-York during Irish famine on March 7, 1849. He lived in Tipperary, Ireland where he worked as infant and took Arrick from Liverpool. Judy Earl, aged 30, John Earl (8), Workman William Earl, Mary Earl, aged 20, 24 years old H--- Earl, 23 years old Margt. Earl, William Earl, aged 45, Immigrant Elizabeth Earl, 45 years old James Earl, 45 years old Rachel Earl, and 20 other Earl around 60% of whom were workman migrated to US from Liverpool, Belfast and Dublin.

Earl Namesakes

  • Abby Earl, Actor
  • George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Former British Prime Minister
  • George Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen, British Politician
  • George Hamilton-Gordon, 6th Earl of Aberdeen, Sailor
  • Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan, Sheriff
  • Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, Earl of Loudoun
  • Charles Rawdon-Hastings, 11th Earl of Loudoun, Earl of Loudoun
  • James Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam, Earl of Verulam
  • Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English statesman
  • Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Soldier
  • Josh Earl, from 2014 horror movie Masked Maniac Vs the Zombies, who portrayed Johnny Paradise.
  • Bryan Earl, from 2015 drama film Prodigal the Aftermath, who portrayed the Lil Bit.

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