Freer 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 1
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 26
Devon 41
Dorset 0
Durham 18
Essex 7
Gloucestershire 11
Hampshire 10
Herefordshire 6
Hertfordshire 3
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 33
Isle of Man 0
Kent 15
Lancashire 31
Leicestershire 386
Lincolnshire 35
London 99
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 8
Northamptonshire 53
Nottinghamshire 31
Oxfordshire 4
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 33
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 6
Somerset 1
Surrey 10
Sussex 5
Staffordshire 18
Warwickshire 61
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 33
Yorkshire 230

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 10
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 5
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Freer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Freer family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 212
Agricultural Labourer 37
Labourer 20
Dress Maker 12
Domestic Servant 11
Frame Work Knitter 11
Annuitant 10
General Servant 9
Laundress 6
House Keeper 6
Frame Worke Knitter 6
Framework Knitter 6
School 6
Gardener 5
Farm Servant 5
Baker 5
Butcher 5
Shoe Finisher 5
Shoe Maker 5
Worsted Spinner 5
Agricultural Labourer Wife 4
Tailor 4
Servant 4
Railway Labourer 4
Ag Labourer 4

Most Frequent Forenames for Freer

Name Census Frequency
William Freer 672
John Freer 663
Mary Freer 612
Elizabeth Freer 448
Thomas Freer 437
Sarah Freer 351
George Freer 350
Ann Freer 244
Eliza Freer 212
James Freer 197
Henry Freer 188
Charles Freer 171
Jane Freer 159
Joseph Freer 150
Annie Freer 148
Arthur Freer 145
Emma Freer 145
Samuel Freer 137
Richard Freer 123
Hannah Freer 115
Ellen Freer 110
Alfred Freer 104
Robert Freer 104
Frederick Freer 100
Albert Freer 95

Freer Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Farr 40% 29,996
2 Freer 100% 10,091
3 Frier 80% 3,811
4 Friar 60% 3,105
5 Furr 40% 1,818
6 Frear 80% 1,781
7 Frere 60% 971
8 Freear 83% 827
9 Fairer 50% 634
10 Farra 20% 557
11 Ferrie 33% 522
12 Frior 60% 339
13 Freir 80% 309
14 Ferr 60% 223
15 Freire 67% 187
16 Ferre 40% 183
17 Farer 60% 176
18 Forr 40% 174
19 Farrie 33% 154
20 Farre 40% 136
21 Fearer 50% 129
22 Fairrie 29% 123
23 Firr 40% 113
24 Farier 67% 101

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The surname Freer is the 2nd most popular variant of Farr.

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