Dier 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 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 4
Essex 5
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 18
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 5
Radnorshire 0

Dier Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dier family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 5
General Labourer 2
General Servant Domestic 2
Carpenter 2
Dress Maker 2
Coal Porter 1
Able Seaman 1
Ship Smith Hammerman 1
Waiter 1
Labourer 1
Laundress 1
Mantle Maker 1
Veterinary Surgeon 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dier

Name Census Frequency
John Dier 38
Mary Dier 36
William Dier 33
Jane Dier 27
James Dier 20
George Dier 18
Joseph Dier 16
Elizabeth Dier 13
Sarah Dier 13
Charles Dier 12
Ellen Dier 12
Richard Dier 11
Thomas Dier 11
Caroline Dier 10
Eliza Dier 9
Benjamin Dier 8
Emma Dier 8
Alice Dier 7
Ann Dier 7
Gertrude Dier 7
Robert Dier 7
Henry Dier 6
Maria Dier 6
Edward Dier 5
Herbert Dier 5

Dier Surname Variants Ranking

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

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The surname Dier is the 12th most popular variant of Dear.

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