as a Last Name
- 14,253
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Earl
Meaning & Origins
English: originally, like most of the English names derived from the ranks of nobility, either a nickname or an occupational name for a servant employed in a noble household. The vocabulary word is a native one, from Old English eorl ‘nobleman’, and in the Middle Ages was often used as an equivalent of Norman count.
| 2,209th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 14,253
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Utah
- has the most people named Earl per capita
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