For Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

For Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the For family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 2
Servant 1
Male Servant 1
Tailor 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Fs 1

For Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Fear 50% 10,639
2 Free 25% 6,519
3 Fair 50% 5,866
4 Fore 75% 1,804
5 Fare 50% 1,553
6 Far 67% 490
7 Faro 50% 384
8 Feare 40% 357
9 Faire 40% 325
10 Fire 50% 223
11 Forr 75% 174
12 Four 75% 161
13 For 100% 149
14 Feer 50% 124

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The surname For is the 13th most popular variant of Fear.

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