Farr Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 140
Buckinghamshire 14
Berkshire 105
Cambridgeshire 15
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 115
Cornwall 35
Cumberland 7
Derbyshire 20
Devon 108
Dorset 64
Durham 22
Essex 69
Gloucestershire 96
Hampshire 111
Herefordshire 147
Hertfordshire 115
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 8
Isle of Man 0
Kent 55
Lancashire 122
Leicestershire 6
Lincolnshire 135
London 672
Middlesex 131
Northumberland 12
Norfolk 31
Northamptonshire 36
Nottinghamshire 33
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 8
Shropshire 82
Suffolk 13
Somerset 115
Surrey 159
Sussex 97
Staffordshire 196
Warwickshire 182
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 198
Worcestershire 155
Yorkshire 258

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 36
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 2
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 95
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 15
Monmouthshire 122
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 4

Farr Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Farr family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 885
Agricultural Labourer 92
Domestic Servant 49
Dress Maker 49
General Labourer 46
Labourer 45
Coal Miner 35
General Servant 29
Farm Labourer 27
Annuitant 19
Gardener 17
Carpenter 16
Laundress 15
General Servant Domestic 15
Cook 11
Grocer 11
No Occupation 11
Servant 11
Clerk 10
Lodging House Keeper 10
Milliner 10
Tailor 10
Blacksmith 10
Farmers Son 10
Painter 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Farr

Name Census Frequency
William Farr 2,137
Mary Farr 1,653
John Farr 1,569
Elizabeth Farr 1,245
Sarah Farr 1,094
George Farr 1,050
James Farr 1,029
Thomas Farr 1,002
Charles Farr 709
Ann Farr 694
Henry Farr 645
Jane Farr 502
Eliza Farr 472
Joseph Farr 425
Frederick Farr 419
Emma Farr 418
Annie Farr 412
Ellen Farr 403
Alice Farr 397
Edward Farr 389
Emily Farr 370
Alfred Farr 334
Arthur Farr 315
Richard Farr 315
Robert Farr 305

Farr Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Farr 100% 29,996
2 Freer 40% 10,091
3 Frier 40% 3,811
4 Friar 40% 3,105
5 Furr 75% 1,818
6 Frear 40% 1,781
7 Frere 40% 971
8 Freear 33% 827
9 Fairer 67% 634
10 Farra 80% 557
11 Ferrie 50% 522
12 Far 75% 490
13 Frior 40% 339
14 Freir 40% 309
15 Ferr 75% 223
16 Pharr 60% 211
17 Freire 33% 187
18 Ferre 60% 183
19 Farer 80% 176
20 Forr 75% 174
21 Farrie 67% 154
22 Farre 80% 136
23 Fearer 67% 129
24 Fairrie 57% 123
25 Firr 75% 113
26 Farier 67% 101

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

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