Bare 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 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 6
Cheshire 4
Cornwall 10
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 6
Dorset 1
Durham 1
Essex 22
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 15
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 8
Lancashire 11
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 7
London 97
Middlesex 6
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 9
Northamptonshire 2
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 6
Somerset 2
Surrey 3
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 3
Warwickshire 5
Westmorland 16
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 10
Yorkshire 7

Wales

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

Bare Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bare family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 26
Agricultural Labourer 10
Labourer 8
Stay Maker 3
Farmer's Daughter 3
Farmer's Son 3
House Servant 3
Servant 3
General Servant 3
Governess 3
Grocer 3
Carter 2
Assistant 2
Cook 2
Dressmaker 2
Erand Boy 2
Gardener 2
Porter 2
Silk Filler 2
Shoe Binder 2
Ribbon Weaver 2
Nailor 2
Boot Binder 1
Fitter Foe Binding Machine Boot 1
Pensioner Army 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Bare

Name Census Frequency
William Bare 133
Mary Bare 128
John Bare 111
Thomas Bare 98
Elizabeth Bare 94
Henry Bare 69
James Bare 66
George Bare 65
Sarah Bare 60
Emma Bare 49
Jane Bare 49
Frederick Bare 40
Emily Bare 36
Ann Bare 35
Alice Bare 34
Robert Bare 34
Joseph Bare 33
Edward Bare 32
Eliza Bare 32
Charles Bare 29
Margaret Bare 29
Ellen Bare 27
Hannah Bare 25
Alfred Bare 21
Annie Bare 21

Bare Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Beer 25% 37,090
2 Bear 50% 7,710
3 Beare 80% 4,824
4 Bore 75% 2,880
5 Beere 60% 2,813
6 Bare 100% 2,113
7 Boor 25% 1,958
8 Boore 60% 1,783
9 Bree 50% 1,658
10 Bere 75% 1,281
11 Bauer 60% 1,186
12 Buer 25% 894
13 Boar 50% 827
14 Bar 75% 512
15 Abear 40% 397
16 Abra 25% 381
17 Burree 50% 345
18 Bure 75% 311
19 Berr 50% 296
20 Auber 20% 220
21 Boer 25% 214
22 Barre 80% 211
23 Behr 25% 211
24 Abare 80% 202
25 Bur 50% 197
26 Boare 80% 194
27 Aber 25% 191
28 Bair 50% 187
29 Bour 25% 168
30 Brie 50% 144
31 Baur 50% 141
32 Broe 50% 122
33 Bier 25% 120
34 Obree 40% 119
35 Bira 50% 113
36 Baer 50% 107
37 Boure 60% 100

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The surname Bare is the 6th most popular variant of Beer.

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