Egar Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Cambridgeshire 5
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 4
Devon 1
Durham 1
Gloucestershire 4
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 1
Hunts and Rutland 0
Kent 2
Lancashire 3
Lincolnshire 11
London 5
Nottinghamshire 2
Somerset 7
Sussex 1
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 2
Yorkshire 2
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Dorset 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Hampshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Leicestershire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Surrey 0
Staffordshire 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0

Egar Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Egar family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 6
Agricultural Labourer 3
Female Servant 3
Shoe Maker 3
Farmer 2
Labourer 2
School Boy 2
Charwoman 1
Miller 1
Tailor 1
Stay M 1
At Clerk 1
Independant 1
Stuff Printer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Egar

Name Census Frequency
Mary Egar 82
John Egar 74
William Egar 49
James Egar 46
Elizabeth Egar 34
Thomas Egar 34
Margaret Egar 26
Sarah Egar 24
Jane Egar 18
Samuel Egar 18
Catherine Egar 17
Charles Egar 17
Ellen Egar 17
Michael Egar 15
Edward Egar 13
Maria Egar 12
Eliza Egar 11
George Egar 11
Hannah Egar 11
Alice Egar 10
Joseph Egar 9
Patrick Egar 9
Amelia Egar 8
Ann Egar 8
Annie Egar 8

Egar Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gore 25% 24,589
2 Ager 50% 9,321
3 Agar 75% 9,302
4 Gear 50% 7,636
5 Eager 60% 3,683
6 Gair 50% 3,141
7 Geer 25% 3,107
8 Gare 50% 2,904
9 Auger 40% 2,235
10 Ogier 40% 1,677
11 Geere 20% 1,499
12 Guire 20% 1,396
13 Egar 100% 889
14 Goore 20% 552
15 Augur 40% 545
16 Augar 60% 539
17 Eagar 80% 404
18 Geare 40% 349
19 Gier 25% 321
20 Gara 50% 313
21 Ogara 60% 301
22 Gree 0% 271
23 Goer 25% 245
24 Geear 60% 230
25 Goor 25% 195
26 Egarr 80% 193
27 Eger 75% 189
28 Egre 50% 181
29 Oger 50% 169
30 Agre 25% 124
31 Gire 25% 110
32 Gar 75% 101

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The surname Egar is the 13th most popular variant of Gore.

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