Fearon 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 6
Berkshire 1
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 6
Cheshire 52
Cornwall 3
Cumberland 329
Derbyshire 6
Devon 11
Dorset 0
Durham 68
Essex 2
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 16
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 5
Lancashire 298
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 50
Middlesex 11
Northumberland 39
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 7
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 3
Somerset 0
Surrey 13
Sussex 4
Staffordshire 9
Warwickshire 3
Westmorland 3
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 28

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 4
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Fearon Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Fearon family

Profession Census Frequency
School 108
Coal Miner Hewer 19
Dock Labourer 15
Private Means 14
General Labourer 12
At School 10
Dressmaker 9
Farm Labourer 9
None 7
Farmer 7
Labourer 6
Housekeeper 6
Coal Hewer 5
Scholar 4
General Servant (domestic) 4
Butcher 4
Farmer Son Working On Farm 4
Iron Ore Miner 4
Caretaker 3
Domestic 3
Domestic Servant 3
House Keeper 3
Steel Worker 3
Engine Fitter 3
Student 3

Most Frequent Forenames for Fearon

Name Census Frequency
Mary Fearon 418
John Fearon 373
William Fearon 204
James Fearon 202
Elizabeth Fearon 199
Sarah Fearon 169
Jane Fearon 142
Joseph Fearon 131
Margaret Fearon 120
Henry Fearon 108
Ann Fearon 104
George Fearon 96
Robert Fearon 89
Thomas Fearon 88
Edward Fearon 85
Isaac Fearon 67
Peter Fearon 63
Catherine Fearon 61
Annie Fearon 57
Ellen Fearon 49
Eliza Fearon 45
Richard Fearon 44
Hannah Fearon 41
Isabella Fearon 40
Patrick Fearon 37

Fearon Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Fearn 83% 14,145
2 Fern 67% 6,242
3 Fearon 100% 4,506
4 Fruin 33% 2,462
5 Farn 67% 2,174
6 Frain 50% 1,788
7 Freen 33% 1,270
8 Fernie 33% 1,247
9 Fearne 67% 1,048
10 Frane 33% 977
11 Foran 50% 973
12 Ferne 50% 769
13 Furn 50% 706
14 Fernee 33% 619
15 Frine 33% 555
16 Farne 50% 394
17 Fraine 33% 325
18 Feran 67% 300
19 Firn 50% 276
20 Feron 83% 261
21 Fruen 33% 257
22 Frean 50% 216
23 Feirn 67% 172
24 Fairn 50% 163
25 Faron 83% 135
26 Fran 50% 130
27 Fron 67% 126
28 Faren 67% 123
29 Faran 67% 115
30 Fren 50% 113
31 Ferin 67% 107
32 Farina 50% 104
33 Farnie 33% 102

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The surname Fearon is the 3rd most popular variant of Fearn.

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