Blairs 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 0
Cheshire 8
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 7
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 12
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

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

Blairs Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Blairs family

Profession Census Frequency
Cotton Card Room Hand 2
Coal Miner 2
Blacksmith 1
Cotton Peicer 1
Out Labourer 1
Female Servant 1
Brick Labourer 1
Lab 1
Packer 1
Servant 1
Warehouseman 1
Weaver 1
Builder 1
Dressmaker 1
Carrier 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Blairs

Name Census Frequency
William Blairs 46
Mary Blairs 44
John Blairs 38
James Blairs 30
Sarah Blairs 18
Thomas Blairs 18
Martha Blairs 13
Joseph Blairs 11
Robert Blairs 11
Elizabeth Blairs 10
Samuel Blairs 10
Ann Blairs 8
Clara Blairs 8
David Blairs 8
George Blairs 8
Richard Blairs 8
Hannah Blairs 7
Annie Blairs 6
Albert Blairs 5
Edward Blairs 5
Eliza Blairs 5
Jane Blairs 5
Margaret Blairs 5
Bertha Blairs 4
Harry Blairs 4

Blairs Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Blears 67% 1,923
2 Blairs 100% 449

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The surname Blairs is the 2nd most popular variant of Blears.

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