Agar Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 6
Buckinghamshire 3
Berkshire 9
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 11
Cornwall 2
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 9
Devon 15
Dorset 7
Durham 247
Essex 53
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 27
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 17
Lancashire 84
Leicestershire 97
Lincolnshire 27
London 113
Middlesex 38
Northumberland 11
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 5
Nottinghamshire 3
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 8
Suffolk 5
Somerset 1
Surrey 44
Sussex 15
Staffordshire 14
Warwickshire 15
Westmorland 5
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 6
Yorkshire 660

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 2
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 10
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 7
Radnorshire 0

Agar Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Agar family

Profession Census Frequency
School 179
Labourer 18
Farmer 16
General Labourer 14
Private Means 13
None 9
General Servant (domestic) 9
Farm Labourer 9
At School 9
Domestic Servant 8
Dressmaker 8
Cook (domestic) 6
Housekeeper 6
Coal Miner Hewer 6
Bricklayer 5
General Servant Domestic 5
Student 5
Tailoress 5
House Painter 5
Blacksmith 5
Clerk 5
Joiner 5
School Girl 5
Stone Mason 4
Whinstone Miner 4

Most Frequent Forenames for Agar

Name Census Frequency
John Agar 666
Mary Agar 611
William Agar 605
Thomas Agar 408
Elizabeth Agar 393
George Agar 389
Sarah Agar 323
Ann Agar 273
Jane Agar 236
Robert Agar 201
Joseph Agar 190
Hannah Agar 178
Charles Agar 174
James Agar 162
Annie Agar 158
Henry Agar 139
Margaret Agar 119
Richard Agar 117
Ellen Agar 114
Alice Agar 113
Eliza Agar 113
Edward Agar 105
Emily Agar 103
Frederick Agar 94
Alfred Agar 79

Agar Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gore 25% 24,589
2 Ager 75% 9,321
3 Agar 100% 9,302
4 Gear 50% 7,636
5 Eager 60% 3,683
6 Gair 50% 3,141
7 Geer 25% 3,107
8 Gare 50% 2,904
9 Auger 60% 2,235
10 Ogier 40% 1,677
11 Geere 20% 1,499
12 Guire 20% 1,396
13 Egar 75% 889
14 Goore 20% 552
15 Augur 60% 545
16 Augar 80% 539
17 Aggar 80% 531
18 Eagar 80% 404
19 Geare 40% 349
20 Gier 25% 321
21 Gara 50% 313
22 Ogara 60% 301
23 Gree 0% 271
24 Goer 25% 245
25 Geear 40% 230
26 Goor 25% 195
27 Eger 50% 189
28 Egre 25% 181
29 Oger 50% 169
30 Agre 50% 124
31 Gire 25% 110
32 Gar 75% 101

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The surname Agar is the 3rd most popular variant of Gore.

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