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 3
Cambridgeshire 6
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 2
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 13
Devon 39
Dorset 8
Durham 18
Essex 6
Gloucestershire 8
Hampshire 17
Herefordshire 14
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 30
Isle of Man 5
Kent 9
Lancashire 51
Leicestershire 361
Lincolnshire 20
London 132
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 83
Nottinghamshire 39
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 30
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 6
Somerset 2
Surrey 8
Sussex 5
Staffordshire 12
Warwickshire 37
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 20
Yorkshire 228

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 6
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 4
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 3
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Freer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Freer family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 211
Living On Own Means 15
Dress Maker 13
Domestic Servant 10
Agricultural Labourer 9
General Labourer 9
General Servant 8
Shoe Rivetter 8
Laundress 7
Labourer 7
Farm Labourer 7
Farmer 7
Frame Work Knitter 7
Farm Servant 6
Worsted Spinner 6
Gardener 5
Tailor 5
Grocer 5
Living On Her Own Means 5
Shoe Finisher 5
Shoe Machinist 5
Butcher 4
General Servant Domestic 4
Bricklayer 4
Hosiery Hand 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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