Faner 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 1
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 2
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 5
Northamptonshire 9
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 6
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 2
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 15

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

Faner Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Faner family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 5
Female Servant 3
Bricklayer 2
Agricultural Labourer 1
Coachman 1
Porter 1
Ag Labourer 1
Servant 1
Shop Keeper 1
Student 1
Butcher 1
Stone Mason Joiner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Faner

Name Census Frequency
Mary Faner 24
William Faner 22
Elizabeth Faner 21
Sarah Faner 19
John Faner 14
Joseph Faner 12
Thomas Faner 12
James Faner 11
Ann Faner 10
Jane Faner 10
George Faner 9
Emma Faner 8
Robert Faner 7
Samuel Faner 7
Henry Faner 6
Charles Faner 5
Hannah Faner 5
Margaret Faner 5
Alice Faner 4
Annie Faner 4
Catherine Faner 4
Ellen Faner 4
Ethel Faner 4
Frederick Faner 4
Martha Faner 4

Faner Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Fanner 83% 4,560
2 Finer 80% 1,062
3 Faner 100% 360
4 Fanar 80% 288

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The surname Faner is the 3rd most popular variant of Fanner.

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