For 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 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 7
Middlesex 3
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

For Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the For family

Profession Census Frequency
Baker 1
Agent 1
Sweet Shop 1
Cook Domestic 1
Dress Maker 1
Plasterer 1
Jobbing Wheelwright 1

Most Frequent Forenames for For

Name Census Frequency
John For 8
Sarah For 8
Mary For 7
Charles For 6
Robert For 6
Ann For 5
William For 5
Elizabeth For 4
Emily For 4
Frederick For 4
George For 4
Edith For 3
Edwin For 3
James For 3
Jane For 3
Margaret For 3
Albert For 2
Alfred For 2
Alice For 2
Annice For 2
Annie For 2
Catherine For 2
Clara For 2
David For 2
Eliza For 2

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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