Hamer Name Meaning: A habitational name from a place in Lancashire named 'Hamer'. Possibly occupational for a maker of hammers.
A maker or seller of 'Hammers' would usually indicate a 'blacksmith'. The name is also pre-medieval English.
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Buckinghamshire | 0 |
Berkshire | 8 |
Cambridgeshire | 0 |
Channel Islands | 1 |
Cheshire | 135 |
Cornwall | 1 |
Cumberland | 2 |
Derbyshire | 25 |
Devon | 13 |
Dorset | 4 |
Durham | 20 |
Essex | 10 |
Gloucestershire | 20 |
Hampshire | 1 |
Herefordshire | 30 |
Hertfordshire | 6 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 6 |
Isle of Man | 0 |
Kent | 10 |
Lancashire | 3,090 |
Leicestershire | 14 |
Lincolnshire | 14 |
London | 186 |
Middlesex | 9 |
Northumberland | 0 |
Norfolk | 1 |
Northamptonshire | 7 |
Nottinghamshire | 16 |
Oxfordshire | 7 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 6 |
Shropshire | 137 |
Suffolk | 4 |
Somerset | 0 |
Surrey | 18 |
Sussex | 8 |
Staffordshire | 78 |
Warwickshire | 34 |
Westmorland | 0 |
Wiltshire | 8 |
Worcestershire | 9 |
Yorkshire | 512 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 40 |
Cardiganshire | 40 |
Carnarvonshire | 14 |
Carmarthenshire | 8 |
Denbighshire | 6 |
Flintshire | 5 |
Glamorgan | 64 |
Merionethshire | 16 |
Montgomeryshire | 403 |
Monmouthshire | 37 |
Pembrokeshire | 3 |
Radnorshire | 315 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 1,085 |
Cotton Weaver | 244 |
Coal Miner | 67 |
House Keeper | 54 |
Farmers Son | 43 |
Cotton Operative | 40 |
General Labourer | 39 |
Farmers Daughter | 33 |
Cotton Winder | 32 |
Domestic Servant | 31 |
Cotton Spinner | 28 |
Farmers Wife | 28 |
Woollen Weaver | 27 |
Dress Maker | 25 |
Cotton Piecer | 24 |
Farm Servant Indoor | 21 |
Agricultural Labourer | 20 |
Farm Labourer | 20 |
Grocer | 19 |
Cotton Reeler | 18 |
Labourer | 16 |
General Servant Domestic | 15 |
Carter | 15 |
Milliner | 14 |
Annuitant | 14 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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Mary Hamer | 3,011 |
John Hamer | 2,935 |
William Hamer | 1,918 |
James Hamer | 1,782 |
Thomas Hamer | 1,714 |
Elizabeth Hamer | 1,707 |
Sarah Hamer | 1,605 |
Alice Hamer | 1,086 |
Ann Hamer | 953 |
Margaret Hamer | 763 |
Jane Hamer | 760 |
Richard Hamer | 746 |
Joseph Hamer | 683 |
Samuel Hamer | 643 |
George Hamer | 630 |
Henry Hamer | 618 |
Ellen Hamer | 585 |
Edward Hamer | 533 |
Annie Hamer | 518 |
Robert Hamer | 491 |
Hannah Hamer | 468 |
Martha Hamer | 467 |
David Hamer | 402 |
Eliza Hamer | 343 |
Charles Hamer | 338 |
Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
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1 | Hamer | 100% | 39,010 |
2 | Homer | 80% | 21,666 |
3 | Hammer | 83% | 4,530 |
4 | Hamar | 80% | 1,701 |
5 | Haimer | 83% | 489 |
6 | Hemer | 80% | 351 |
7 | Humer | 80% | 251 |
8 | Hamor | 80% | 228 |
9 | Homar | 60% | 120 |
10 | Heamer | 83% | 114 |
The surname Hamer is the most popular version of all its varients