Dare Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 5
Buckinghamshire 13
Berkshire 4
Cambridgeshire 12
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 8
Cornwall 5
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 42
Devon 190
Dorset 82
Durham 1
Essex 75
Gloucestershire 88
Hampshire 28
Herefordshire 5
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 13
Lancashire 29
Leicestershire 32
Lincolnshire 0
London 335
Middlesex 74
Northumberland 8
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland 0
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 51
Somerset 226
Surrey 95
Sussex 24
Staffordshire 11
Warwickshire 71
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 7
Worcestershire 27
Yorkshire 15

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 2
Carnarvonshire 3
Carmarthenshire 3
Denbighshire 3
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 146
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 59
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Dare Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dare family

Profession Census Frequency
School 187
Farmer 23
Private Means 18
At School 15
Farm Labourer 15
None 14
Assisting In The Business 14
General Servant (domestic) 11
Carpenter 10
No Occupation 10
Clerk 9
General Labourer 9
Labourer 9
Bricklayer 9
At Home 8
Dressmaker 8
Shop Assistant 8
Domestic 7
Scholar 7
Butcher 6
Mason 6
Labourer On Farm 6
Charwoman 5
Dock Labourer 5
Coal Miner Hewer 5

Most Frequent Forenames for Dare

Name Census Frequency
William Dare 657
Mary Dare 643
John Dare 614
Elizabeth Dare 468
George Dare 360
Sarah Dare 333
James Dare 323
Thomas Dare 264
Charles Dare 257
Henry Dare 219
Eliza Dare 190
Jane Dare 173
Ellen Dare 170
Ann Dare 169
Emma Dare 152
Annie Dare 144
Emily Dare 143
Frederick Dare 139
Joseph Dare 138
Robert Dare 131
Edward Dare 127
Alice Dare 125
Samuel Dare 123
Alfred Dare 120
Arthur Dare 107

Dare Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dear 50% 16,821
2 Dore 75% 11,916
3 Dare 100% 10,751
4 Deer 25% 3,890
5 Adair 40% 2,426
6 Deere 60% 1,349
7 Deare 80% 1,254
8 Door 25% 1,080
9 Doar 50% 1,066
10 Doore 60% 778
11 Doree 60% 583
12 Dier 25% 520
13 Doer 25% 342
14 Dure 75% 334
15 Daire 80% 285
16 Dora 50% 251
17 Duro 50% 246
18 Durie 60% 242
19 Deire 60% 236
20 Eader 40% 221
21 Eder 25% 212
22 Dair 50% 211
23 Daur 50% 199
24 Duroe 60% 167
25 Duer 25% 163
26 Adare 80% 154
27 Audoire 43% 119
28 Dire 75% 113
29 Daer 50% 109
30 Ader 25% 108
31 Darie 80% 106
32 Dere 75% 106
33 Daere 80% 102

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The surname Dare is the 3rd most popular variant of Dear.

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