Ager Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 18
Buckinghamshire 20
Berkshire 29
Cambridgeshire 100
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 10
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 6
Devon 16
Dorset 1
Durham 39
Essex 407
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 7
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 18
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 56
Lancashire 78
Leicestershire 18
Lincolnshire 8
London 279
Middlesex 99
Northumberland 19
Norfolk 30
Northamptonshire 239
Nottinghamshire 7
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 141
Somerset 2
Surrey 44
Sussex 22
Staffordshire 22
Warwickshire 98
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 15
Yorkshire 51

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 2
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Ager Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ager family

Profession Census Frequency
School 204
Farm Labourer 35
General Servant (domestic) 16
Horseman On Farm 12
Domestic Servant 11
General Servant Domestic 10
Carpenter 9
Old Age Pensioner 9
Cowman On Farm 8
Nil 8
Labourer 7
Clerk 7
Labourer On Farm 7
Scholar 7
General Labourer 6
At School 5
Cook (domestic) 5
House Painter 5
Housemaid (domestic) 5
Carter 5
Bricklayer 5
Coal Miner Hewer 5
Boot Finisher 4
Commercial Clerk 4
Compositor 4

Most Frequent Forenames for Ager

Name Census Frequency
William Ager 609
Mary Ager 499
George Ager 413
John Ager 410
Sarah Ager 341
Elizabeth Ager 272
Thomas Ager 240
James Ager 228
Charles Ager 211
Henry Ager 184
Alice Ager 183
Arthur Ager 168
Ann Ager 166
Ellen Ager 164
Frederick Ager 158
Alfred Ager 146
Walter Ager 144
Emma Ager 138
Eliza Ager 137
Annie Ager 129
Joseph Ager 126
Jane Ager 122
Emily Ager 109
Samuel Ager 109
Albert Ager 90

Ager Surname Variants Ranking

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

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The surname Ager is the 2nd most popular variant of Gore.

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