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

Chair Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Chair family

Profession Census Frequency
Auctioneer 1
Laundress Wash 1
Tailor 1
Coach Packer 1
Operative Paper Maker 1
Draper Assistant 1
Carpenter 1
Clerk In Holy Orders 1
China Painter Earth 1
Shop Keeper 1
Boatswain Royal Navy Men 1
General Hanlier Carman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Chair

Name Census Frequency
Mary Chair 21
William Chair 14
John Chair 11
Samuel Chair 9
Thomas Chair 9
Elizabeth Chair 7
Richard Chair 7
Ann Chair 6
Eliza Chair 6
Henry Chair 5
George Chair 4
Jane Chair 4
Joseph Chair 4
Margaret Chair 4
Anne Chair 3
Edwin Chair 3
Frederick Chair 3
Louisa Chair 3
Sarah Chair 3
Alfred Chair 2
Benjamin Chair 2
Charles Chair 2
Charlotte Chair 2
Saraqh Chair 2
Walter Chair 2

Chair Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Cheer 60% 2,166
2 Coher 40% 1,271
3 Chare 60% 888
4 Eacher 33% 320
5 Chair 100% 203
6 Chara 60% 160
7 Acher 40% 158
8 Aicher 33% 130
9 Charie 67% 112

Did you know?

The surname Chair is the 5th most popular variant of Cheer.

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