Dear 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 11
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 29
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 27
Cornwall 4
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 10
Devon 56
Dorset 35
Durham 12
Essex 32
Gloucestershire 12
Hampshire 212
Herefordshire 5
Hertfordshire 69
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 38
Isle of Man 0
Kent 61
Lancashire 37
Leicestershire 12
Lincolnshire 34
London 427
Middlesex 82
Northumberland 7
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 14
Nottinghamshire 2
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 38
Shropshire 5
Suffolk 10
Somerset 21
Surrey 18
Sussex 59
Staffordshire 5
Warwickshire 11
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 152
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 36

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 31
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 3
Pembrokeshire 2
Radnorshire 0

Dear Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dear family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 351
Straw Plaiter 54
Labourer 48
Agricultural Labourer 45
Ag Labourer 22
General Servant 19
Domestic Servant 18
Laundress 17
Servant 13
Brick Layer 12
Infant 12
Carpenter 12
Dress Maker 10
Plaiter 10
Cook 10
Gardener 8
Shoe Maker 8
Sawyer 7
Straw Cutter 7
Blacksmith 7
Dressmaker 6
Nurse 6
Clerk 6
Errand Boy 6
Carter 5

Most Frequent Forenames for Dear

Name Census Frequency
William Dear 1,140
Mary Dear 983
John Dear 745
George Dear 658
Elizabeth Dear 644
Charles Dear 585
Sarah Dear 541
James Dear 540
Thomas Dear 408
Ann Dear 371
Jane Dear 303
Henry Dear 293
Eliza Dear 268
Emma Dear 258
Alfred Dear 256
Ellen Dear 238
Annie Dear 237
Joseph Dear 221
Frederick Dear 210
Alice Dear 208
Edward Dear 193
Arthur Dear 178
Emily Dear 172
Robert Dear 154
Albert Dear 150

Dear Surname Variants Ranking

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

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The surname Dear is the most popular version of all its varients

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