Heare Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Buckinghamshire 1
Cheshire 1
Devon 20
Dorset 4
Gloucestershire 5
Hampshire 1
Hertfordshire 1
Hunts and Rutland 0
Kent 2
Leicestershire 1
London 15
Middlesex 2
Oxfordshire 4
Shropshire 5
Somerset 10
Surrey 11
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 1
Wiltshire 1
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Herefordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Lancashire 0
Lincolnshire 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Suffolk 0
Sussex 0
Westmorland 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Heare Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Heare family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 9
Agricultural Labourer 5
Labourer 4
Lodge House Keeper 2
Marble Mason 2
Independent 2
Builder 1
Cordwainer 1
Horse Dealer 1
Shoe Maker 1
Dress Maker 1
Prisioner Dyer 1
Male Servant 1
Porter 1
Fustin Worsted Knitter 1
Brick Layer 1
Ms 1
Hair Dresser 1
Laborer 1
Nurse 1
Baker 1
Laundress 1
Boatman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Heare

Name Census Frequency
Mary Heare 56
William Heare 43
George Heare 41
Elizabeth Heare 40
James Heare 34
John Heare 33
Charles Heare 30
Henry Heare 28
Sarah Heare 26
Thomas Heare 21
Ann Heare 18
Emma Heare 18
Ellen Heare 17
Edward Heare 14
Joseph Heare 14
Frederick Heare 13
Jane Heare 13
Annie Heare 12
Eliza Heare 9
Hannah Heare 9
Florence Heare 8
Harriet Heare 8
Robert Heare 8
Albert Heare 7
Edith Heare 7

Heare Surname Variants Ranking

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

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The surname Heare is the 15th most popular variant of Hoare.

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