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 6
Buckinghamshire 2
Berkshire 2
Cambridgeshire 3
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 83
Cornwall 4
Cumberland 181
Derbyshire 22
Devon 12
Dorset 2
Durham 333
Essex 23
Gloucestershire 36
Hampshire 19
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 5
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 2
Isle of Man 17
Kent 49
Lancashire 423
Leicestershire 21
Lincolnshire 28
London 262
Middlesex 16
Northumberland 256
Norfolk 3
Northamptonshire 2
Nottinghamshire 17
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 2
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 10
Somerset 3
Surrey 11
Sussex 20
Staffordshire 33
Warwickshire 4
Westmorland 24
Wiltshire 16
Worcestershire 10
Yorkshire 161

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 4
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 1
Glamorgan 2
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 3
Monmouthshire 3
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Blair Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Blair family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 434
Coal Miner 31
Domestic Servant 26
Annuitant 17
Dress Maker 17
Labourer 14
Tailor 13
General Servant 11
Joiner 11
Stone Mason 11
General Labourer 10
Engine Fitter 9
Agricultural Labourer 9
House Keeper 9
Draper Assistant 8
Charwoman 7
Clerk 7
General Servant Domestic 7
Hawker 7
Milliner 7
No Occupation 7
Plumber 7
Dock Labourer 6
Farmers Wife 6
Farmers Son 6

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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