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 186
Buckinghamshire 13
Berkshire 126
Cambridgeshire 19
Channel Islands 21
Cheshire 202
Cornwall 49
Cumberland 20
Derbyshire 23
Devon 114
Dorset 35
Durham 51
Essex 203
Gloucestershire 137
Hampshire 170
Herefordshire 173
Hertfordshire 119
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 8
Isle of Man 0
Kent 77
Lancashire 226
Leicestershire 29
Lincolnshire 159
London 766
Middlesex 245
Northumberland 29
Norfolk 39
Northamptonshire 88
Nottinghamshire 86
Oxfordshire 10
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 8
Shropshire 74
Suffolk 10
Somerset 143
Surrey 253
Sussex 98
Staffordshire 269
Warwickshire 220
Westmorland 2
Wiltshire 193
Worcestershire 198
Yorkshire 442

Wales

Anglesey 1
Brecknockshire 40
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 3
Denbighshire 2
Flintshire 3
Glamorgan 256
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 199
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 1

Farr Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Farr family

Profession Census Frequency
School 572
Farm Labourer 58
General Labourer 52
Labourer 45
Private Means 43
Farmer 39
General Servant (domestic) 32
Dressmaker 29
Clerk 24
House Painter 23
Coal Miner Hewer 21
House Keeper 20
At School 20
Shop Assistant 19
At Home 18
None 17
Carpenter 16
Cook (domestic) 16
Laundress 15
Domestic Servant 14
Bricklayer 14
Carter 14
Dress Maker 14
Baker 12
General Servant 12

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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