Four 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 2
Cheshire 0
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 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 2
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
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

Four Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Four family

Profession Census Frequency
Carpenter 1
Shoe Maker 1
Agricultural Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Four

Name Census Frequency
John Four 10
Elizabeth Four 9
Mary Four 9
George Four 6
Peter Four 6
William Four 6
Charles Four 5
Ann Four 4
Thomas Four 4
Annie Four 3
Caroline Four 3
Hilda Four 3
Margaret Four 3
Maria Four 3
Paul Four 3
Sarah Four 3
Edward Four 2
Emily Four 2
Ethel Four 2
Harriet Four 2
Henry Four 2
Hilary Four 2
Joseph Four 2
Marie Four 2
Martha Four 2

Four 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 50% 1,804
5 Fare 25% 1,553
6 Far 50% 490
7 Faro 25% 384
8 Feare 40% 357
9 Faire 40% 325
10 Fire 25% 223
11 Forr 75% 174
12 Four 100% 161
13 For 75% 149
14 Feer 50% 124

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The surname Four is the 12th most popular variant of Fear.

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