Byer 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 0
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 6
Dorset 1
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 4
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 8
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 5
Surrey 0
Sussex 7
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

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

Byer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Byer family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 1
Baker And Grocer 1
Miner 1
Carpenter & Joiner 1
Schoolmaster 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Hotel Keeper 1
Ag Labourer 1
Miller Journeyman 1
Shoemaker 1
Farmer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Byer

Name Census Frequency
William Byer 38
Elizabeth Byer 35
John Byer 31
Mary Byer 29
George Byer 26
Thomas Byer 19
James Byer 14
Jane Byer 13
Sarah Byer 12
Henry Byer 10
Ellen Byer 9
Walter Byer 9
Edward Byer 8
Ada Byer 7
Annie Byer 7
Arthur Byer 7
Robert Byer 7
Ann Byer 6
Eliza Byer 6
Rebecca Byer 6
Charles Byer 5
Emily Byer 5
Emma Byer 5
Harriet Byer 5
Martha Byer 5

Byer Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Boyer 80% 8,876
2 Bayer 80% 2,151
3 Beyer 80% 1,389
4 Byer 100% 512
5 Bouyer 67% 172
6 Buyer 80% 165

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The surname Byer is the 4th most popular variant of Boyer.

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