Baird Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 1
Berkshire 2
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 4
Cheshire 33
Cornwall 10
Cumberland 9
Derbyshire 4
Devon 18
Dorset 1
Durham 80
Essex 37
Gloucestershire 10
Hampshire 27
Herefordshire 4
Hertfordshire 7
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 6
Kent 45
Lancashire 198
Leicestershire 3
Lincolnshire 10
London 222
Middlesex 35
Northumberland 133
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 9
Nottinghamshire 12
Oxfordshire 5
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 19
Somerset 4
Surrey 15
Sussex 18
Staffordshire 32
Warwickshire 5
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 10
Yorkshire 46

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 25
Glamorgan 22
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Baird Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Baird family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 177
General Servant Domestic 12
Living On Her Own Means 12
Dress Maker 12
Living On Own Means 12
Domestic Servant 11
General Labourer 10
Coal Miner 9
Draper 9
Labourer 8
Draper Assistant 8
Laundress 6
Plumber 6
Blacksmith 6
Charwoman 6
Clerk 6
Joiner 5
Dressmaker 5
Tailor 5
Cook 4
General Servant 4
Cotton Weaver 4
Gardener 4
Agricultural Labourer 4
No Occupation 3

Most Frequent Forenames for Baird

Name Census Frequency
William Baird 613
John Baird 573
Mary Baird 484
James Baird 455
Elizabeth Baird 319
Thomas Baird 299
George Baird 259
Margaret Baird 256
Robert Baird 232
Jane Baird 215
Sarah Baird 175
Alexander Baird 152
Annie Baird 118
Ann Baird 111
Ellen Baird 109
Isabella Baird 108
David Baird 106
Charles Baird 100
Henry Baird 93
Catherine Baird 87
Eliza Baird 85
Andrew Baird 79
Agnes Baird 76
Alice Baird 74
Emily Baird 73

Baird Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bird 80% 165,277
2 Beard 60% 56,812
3 Broad 40% 28,298
4 Board 60% 11,624
5 Brodie 17% 8,867
6 Baird 100% 8,473
7 Breed 40% 4,282
8 Bard 80% 3,759
9 Bride 40% 3,082
10 Braid 60% 2,991
11 Burd 60% 2,650
12 Brade 20% 2,230
13 Brid 60% 1,867
14 Bord 60% 1,632
15 Brad 40% 1,275
16 Berd 60% 1,008
17 Bread 40% 904
18 Braud 40% 824
19 Bardoe 50% 367
20 Broud 40% 352
21 Brood 40% 348
22 Broadie 29% 311
23 Bradie 33% 269
24 Braide 50% 194
25 Brede 20% 157
26 Bred 40% 153
27 Biard 60% 136
28 Broid 40% 127
29 Brode 20% 119
30 Barid 60% 118
31 Boord 60% 110
32 Broade 33% 104
33 Burde 40% 104
34 Bourd 60% 103

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The surname Baird is the 6th most popular variant of Bird.

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