Dumbar 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 3
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 13
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 4
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
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

Dumbar Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dumbar family

Profession Census Frequency
Blacksmith 2
Coal Miner 2
Mat Maker 1
Assistant Mistress School 1
Cotton Operative 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Domestic Servant 1
Nurse Domestic 1
Painter 1
Smith & Farrier 1
Umbrella Maker 1
Scholar 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dumbar

Name Census Frequency
John Dumbar 13
William Dumbar 11
Mary Dumbar 10
James Dumbar 5
Annie Dumbar 4
Ellen Dumbar 4
George Dumbar 4
Jane Dumbar 4
Agnes Dumbar 3
Eleanor Dumbar 3
Margaret Dumbar 3
Alexander Dumbar 2
Alfred Dumbar 2
Alice Dumbar 2
Charlotte Dumbar 2
Elizabeth Dumbar 2
Isabella Dumbar 2
Joseph Dumbar 2
Margret Dumbar 2
Sarah Dumbar 2
Thomas Dumbar 2
Aaron Dumbar 1
Adam Dumbar 1
Adelaide Dumbar 1
Bathgit Dumbar 1

Dumbar Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dumber 83% 153
2 Dumbar 100% 121

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The surname Dumbar is the 2nd most popular variant of Dumber.

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