Blair Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 2
Buckinghamshire 19
Berkshire 6
Cambridgeshire 5
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 93
Cornwall 19
Cumberland 251
Derbyshire 54
Devon 24
Dorset 1
Durham 523
Essex 96
Gloucestershire 15
Hampshire 39
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 10
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 7
Isle of Man 7
Kent 80
Lancashire 573
Leicestershire 28
Lincolnshire 45
London 341
Middlesex 89
Northumberland 405
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 6
Nottinghamshire 16
Oxfordshire 15
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 7
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 9
Somerset 5
Surrey 55
Sussex 35
Staffordshire 69
Warwickshire 23
Westmorland 15
Wiltshire 18
Worcestershire 10
Yorkshire 213

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 8
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 53
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 3
Monmouthshire 8
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Blair Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Blair family

Profession Census Frequency
School 350
Private Means 44
Coal Miner Hewer 29
At School 19
None 19
Farmer 19
Labourer 17
Clerk 14
General Labourer 14
At Home 14
Shop Assistant 13
Housekeeper 13
Charwoman 12
Student 12
Domestic Servant 11
Dressmaker 11
Scholar 11
General Servant (domestic) 10
House Keeper 8
Cotton Weaver 8
Blacksmith 7
Boarding House Keeper 7
Dock Labourer 7
Housewife 7
Bricklayer 7

Most Frequent Forenames for Blair

Name Census Frequency
Mary Blair 1,035
John Blair 967
William Blair 942
James Blair 681
Elizabeth Blair 602
Thomas Blair 584
Robert Blair 506
George Blair 490
Margaret Blair 472
Jane Blair 463
Sarah Blair 360
Ann Blair 266
Joseph Blair 233
Annie Blair 210
Charles Blair 173
David Blair 165
Henry Blair 165
Isabella Blair 155
Alice Blair 140
Alexander Blair 137
Edward Blair 135
Eliza Blair 134
Ellen Blair 128
Hannah Blair 128
Agnes Blair 122

Blair Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Blair 100% 14,927
2 Bloor 60% 11,803
3 Blore 40% 3,468
4 Bloore 50% 2,721
5 Boaler 50% 1,218
6 Boler 40% 1,001
7 Bealer 50% 953
8 Bailer 50% 535
9 Blare 60% 315
10 Blear 60% 260
11 Baler 40% 250
12 Bouler 33% 243
13 Booler 33% 215
14 Boiler 33% 202
15 Bleare 50% 159
16 Bluer 60% 145
17 Blaire 83% 114
18 Bailor 50% 109

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

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