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Ennals Surname Meaning

Presumably a variant of the now extinct surname Ennall + post-medieval excrescent -s. Parish registers record entries such as Thomasyn Ennell 1604 in IGI (Tedburn Saint Mary, Devon), Edmund Ennall 1616 in IGI (Saint Giles Cripplegate, London), and Temperance Hennal 1705 in IGI (Belaugh, Norfolk).

Ennall is likely to be a reduced form of the well-used Middle English personal name Ernold (see Arnold) or possibly the rarer Ernulf (Old English Earnwulf, Old Scandinavian Arnulfr, or of Continental Germanic Arnulf).

Compare Walter Ernald 1338–9 in Norwich Freemen (Ranworth, Norfolk), Johannes Ernald 1379 in Poll Tax (North Elmham, Norfolk), Nicholaus Ernolf 1381 in Poll Tax (Witton, Norfolk), and Edward Arnold 1561 in IGI (Saint Giles Cripplegate, London).

Assimilation of -r- to the following -n- and loss of final -d or -f would be quite normal in later Middle English and naturally result in spellings like Ennal and Ennel.

Compare Annal.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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You can see how Ennals families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Ennals family name was found in the USA, the UK, and Canada between 1880 and 1920. The most Ennals families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1891 there were 25 Ennals families living in Suffolk. This was about 31% of all the recorded Ennals's in United Kingdom. Suffolk had the highest population of Ennals families in 1891.
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What did your Ennals ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Student and Unpaid Domestic Duties were the top reported jobs for men and women in the United Kingdom named Ennals. 34% of Ennals men worked as a Student and 94% of Ennals women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties. Some less common occupations for Americans named Ennals were Highway Surveyor (retired) and Private Means.

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*We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Top Male Occupations In 1939

  • Student
    34%
  • Insurance Agent
    34%
  • Highway Surveyor (retired)
    34%

Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    94%
  • Private Means
    7%

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Between 1954 and 2004, in the United States, Ennals life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1986, and highest in 1988. The average life expectancy for Ennals in 1954 was 34, and 51 in 2004.

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