Gore Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 60
Buckinghamshire 9
Berkshire 46
Cambridgeshire 25
Channel Islands 7
Cheshire 61
Cornwall 2
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 40
Devon 54
Dorset 2
Durham 27
Essex 11
Gloucestershire 117
Hampshire 40
Herefordshire 27
Hertfordshire 5
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 52
Isle of Man 7
Kent 248
Lancashire 1,137
Leicestershire 8
Lincolnshire 6
London 466
Middlesex 17
Northumberland 11
Norfolk 79
Northamptonshire 70
Nottinghamshire 40
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 52
Shropshire 4
Suffolk 0
Somerset 122
Surrey 57
Sussex 29
Staffordshire 34
Warwickshire 45
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 104
Worcestershire 23
Yorkshire 93

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 32
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 7
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 14
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Gore Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gore family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 703
Coal Miner 67
Agricultural Labourer 61
Dress Maker 37
General Labourer 37
Labourer 36
Cotton Weaver 33
Domestic Servant 26
General Servant 22
Laundress 20
Farm Labourer 17
Carter 15
House Keeper 13
Dressmaker 12
Baker 11
General Servant Domestic 11
Grocer 11
Annuitant 10
Charwoman 9
Joiner 9
No Occupation 8
Blacksmith 8
Gardener Domestic 7
Mariner 7
Lace Maker 7

Most Frequent Forenames for Gore

Name Census Frequency
Mary Gore 1,671
William Gore 1,635
John Gore 1,447
Elizabeth Gore 1,134
Thomas Gore 1,061
James Gore 1,057
George Gore 774
Sarah Gore 730
Ellen Gore 582
Henry Gore 523
Alice Gore 515
Margaret Gore 467
Jane Gore 449
Ann Gore 435
Robert Gore 413
Charles Gore 406
Joseph Gore 396
Richard Gore 324
Eliza Gore 298
Frederick Gore 265
Annie Gore 264
Arthur Gore 253
Emma Gore 245
Emily Gore 242
Edward Gore 223

Gore Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gore 100% 24,589
2 Ager 25% 9,321
3 Agar 25% 9,302
4 Gear 25% 7,636
5 Eager 20% 3,683
6 Gair 25% 3,141
7 Geer 25% 3,107
8 Gare 75% 2,904
9 Auger 20% 2,235
10 Ogier 20% 1,677
11 Geere 60% 1,499
12 Guire 60% 1,396
13 Egar 25% 889
14 Goore 80% 552
15 Augur 20% 545
16 Augar 20% 539
17 Eagar 20% 404
18 Geare 60% 349
19 Gier 25% 321
20 Gara 50% 313
21 Ogara 40% 301
22 Gree 50% 271
23 Goer 50% 245
24 Geear 20% 230
25 Goor 50% 195
26 Eger 25% 189
27 Egre 50% 181
28 Oger 25% 169
29 Agre 50% 124
30 Gorr 75% 121
31 Gire 75% 110
32 Gar 50% 101

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