Camer 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 6
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 4
Dorset 2
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 3
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 7
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

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

Camer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Camer family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 3
Agricultural Labourer 2
Female Servant 1
Yeoman 1
Tailor 1
House Keeper 1
Shoe Maker 1
Army 1
Crape Weaver 1
Labourer 1
Silk Quillings 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Camer

Name Census Frequency
Mary Camer 25
John Camer 20
William Camer 20
Elizabeth Camer 18
James Camer 15
Thomas Camer 15
Sarah Camer 13
Eliza Camer 11
Jane Camer 9
Frederick Camer 8
Ann Camer 7
George Camer 7
Alice Camer 6
Florence Camer 6
Louisa Camer 6
Robert Camer 6
Alfred Camer 5
Catherine Camer 5
Hannah Camer 5
Annie Camer 4
Ellen Camer 4
Emma Camer 4
Francis Camer 4
Harry Camer 4
Henry Camer 4

Camer Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Comer 80% 6,990
2 Coomer 67% 1,916
3 Camer 100% 365
4 Comrie 33% 249
5 Comor 60% 135
6 Comar 60% 131
7 Cammer 83% 122

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The surname Camer is the 3rd most popular variant of Comer.

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