Barr 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 15
Berkshire 44
Cambridgeshire 4
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 83
Cornwall 8
Cumberland 36
Derbyshire 18
Devon 21
Dorset 3
Durham 96
Essex 173
Gloucestershire 62
Hampshire 73
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 30
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 2
Isle of Man 7
Kent 96
Lancashire 527
Leicestershire 17
Lincolnshire 150
London 663
Middlesex 116
Northumberland 77
Norfolk 13
Northamptonshire 13
Nottinghamshire 15
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 2
Shropshire 14
Suffolk 10
Somerset 24
Surrey 53
Sussex 40
Staffordshire 39
Warwickshire 213
Westmorland 2
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 37
Yorkshire 454

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 5
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 5
Glamorgan 21
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 9
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Barr Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Barr family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 537
Domestic Servant 43
Agricultural Labourer 42
Living On Own Means 27
Coal Miner 27
General Labourer 25
General Servant Domestic 22
Dress Maker 21
Living On Her Own Means 19
House Keeper 16
Labourer 16
Farmer 15
General Servant 15
Tailor 13
Farm Servant 13
Clerk 13
Laundress 13
Carpenter 12
Painter 11
Draper Assistant 10
Blacksmith 10
Joiner 10
Cook Domestic Servant 10
Butcher 10
Tailoress 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Barr

Name Census Frequency
John Barr 1,377
William Barr 1,357
Mary Barr 1,283
Elizabeth Barr 897
James Barr 803
George Barr 761
Sarah Barr 683
Thomas Barr 671
Robert Barr 454
Charles Barr 448
Henry Barr 404
Jane Barr 384
Margaret Barr 367
Joseph Barr 338
Alice Barr 331
Ann Barr 331
Emma Barr 302
Annie Barr 283
Ellen Barr 267
Eliza Barr 254
Frederick Barr 251
Emily Barr 243
Arthur Barr 240
Edward Barr 239
Alfred Barr 222

Barr Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Barr 100% 21,963
2 Burr 75% 15,520
3 Brier 40% 4,428
4 Brear 40% 3,583
5 Boorer 50% 2,133
6 Borer 60% 1,989
7 Barrie 67% 1,864
8 Boarer 67% 864
9 Bar 75% 512
10 Bourer 50% 475
11 Breare 50% 446
12 Bearer 67% 430
13 Briar 40% 356
14 Burree 50% 345
15 Berrie 50% 320
16 Berr 75% 296
17 Barer 80% 248
18 Barre 80% 211
19 Burra 60% 172
20 Borrie 50% 162
21 Bruer 40% 101

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The surname Barr is the most popular version of all its varients

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