Fearn Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 18
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 2
Cambridgeshire 5
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 36
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 10
Derbyshire 668
Devon 4
Dorset 0
Durham 64
Essex 58
Gloucestershire 9
Hampshire 17
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 23
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 0
Kent 41
Lancashire 283
Leicestershire 107
Lincolnshire 16
London 239
Middlesex 67
Northumberland 2
Norfolk 5
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 290
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 3
Somerset 0
Surrey 30
Sussex 12
Staffordshire 400
Warwickshire 85
Westmorland 7
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 20
Yorkshire 571

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 2
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 2
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 2
Monmouthshire 11
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Fearn Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Fearn family

Profession Census Frequency
School 297
Coal Miner Hewer 35
Domestic Servant 20
General Labourer 20
General Servant (domestic) 19
Farmer 19
Farm Labourer 17
Private Means 16
House Painter 13
Labourer 13
Joiner 11
None 10
Carter 9
At Home 8
At School 8
School Boy 8
Baker 7
Clerk 7
Coal Miner (hewer) 7
Railway Clerk 6
Shop Assistant 6
Dressmaker 6
Errand Boy 6
Waggoner On Farm 6
House Keeper 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Fearn

Name Census Frequency
John Fearn 906
William Fearn 875
Mary Fearn 822
George Fearn 797
Elizabeth Fearn 556
Sarah Fearn 538
Thomas Fearn 426
Charles Fearn 318
James Fearn 290
Eliza Fearn 288
Ann Fearn 285
Joseph Fearn 251
Henry Fearn 233
Emma Fearn 229
Hannah Fearn 229
Annie Fearn 226
Alice Fearn 188
Jane Fearn 183
Samuel Fearn 172
Frederick Fearn 162
Alfred Fearn 156
Ellen Fearn 154
Arthur Fearn 153
Edward Fearn 135
Walter Fearn 133

Fearn Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Fearn 100% 14,145
2 Fern 80% 6,242
3 Fearon 83% 4,506
4 Fruin 40% 2,462
5 Farn 80% 2,174
6 Frain 60% 1,788
7 Freen 40% 1,270
8 Fernie 50% 1,247
9 Fearne 83% 1,048
10 Frane 40% 977
11 Foran 40% 973
12 Ferne 60% 769
13 Furn 60% 706
14 Fernee 50% 619
15 Frine 20% 555
16 Farne 60% 394
17 Fraine 50% 325
18 Feran 60% 300
19 Firn 60% 276
20 Feron 60% 261
21 Fruen 40% 257
22 Frean 60% 216
23 Feirn 80% 172
24 Fairn 60% 163
25 Faron 60% 135
26 Fran 60% 130
27 Fron 40% 126
28 Faren 60% 123
29 Faran 60% 115
30 Fren 40% 113
31 Ferin 60% 107
32 Farina 50% 104
33 Farnie 50% 102

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

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