Hair 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 1
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 2
Channel Islands 3
Cheshire 4
Cornwall 8
Cumberland 11
Derbyshire 9
Devon 4
Dorset 0
Durham 50
Essex 9
Gloucestershire 15
Hampshire 19
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 3
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 22
Lancashire 33
Leicestershire 38
Lincolnshire 21
London 107
Middlesex 9
Northumberland 51
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 12
Surrey 8
Sussex 9
Staffordshire 18
Warwickshire 7
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 8
Worcestershire 3
Yorkshire 73

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 9
Pembrokeshire 6
Radnorshire 0

Hair Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hair family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 102
Agricultural Labourer 20
House Servant 15
Servant 9
House Keeper 7
Coal Miner 7
Labourer 7
House Maid 7
Laundress 4
Stock Brokers Daughter 4
Dress Maker 4
Potter 4
Cabinet Maker 4
Carter 3
Cook 3
Housemaid 3
Agricultural Labourer's Wife 3
Labourer's Wife 3
Boot Closer 3
Farm Labourer 3
Plaitter 2
Seaman 2
Fund Holder 2
Tailor 2
Farm Servant 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Hair

Name Census Frequency
John Hair 339
Mary Hair 325
William Hair 290
Elizabeth Hair 195
Thomas Hair 183
George Hair 168
James Hair 161
Jane Hair 157
Sarah Hair 153
Ann Hair 126
Charles Hair 108
Joseph Hair 96
Margaret Hair 81
Ellen Hair 76
Robert Hair 74
Henry Hair 71
Hannah Hair 69
Annie Hair 66
Edward Hair 57
Eliza Hair 53
Emma Hair 52
Alice Hair 45
Isabella Hair 45
Martha Hair 37
Catherine Hair 36

Hair Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hoare 40% 37,453
2 Hare 50% 33,037
3 Hore 25% 10,069
4 Hoar 50% 9,357
5 Ohara 40% 4,803
6 Hair 100% 4,775
7 Hara 50% 2,644
8 Ohare 40% 2,625
9 Houre 40% 1,671
10 Ahier 40% 1,603
11 Hire 50% 1,089
12 Heir 75% 1,016
13 Hora 25% 966
14 Hear 50% 963
15 Heare 40% 807
16 Hier 50% 702
17 Haire 80% 564
18 Harie 60% 521
19 Hour 50% 514
20 Hoore 40% 483
21 Harre 60% 289
22 Here 25% 259
23 Hoer 50% 217
24 Heer 50% 215
25 Har 75% 130
26 Hure 25% 128
27 Hayre 60% 117
28 Hoor 50% 114

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The surname Hair is the 6th most popular variant of Hoare.

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