Horfer 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 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 3
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 4
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 10
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 14
Warwickshire 2
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 4

Wales

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

Horfer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Horfer family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 5
Collier 4
Female Servant 3
Independent 1
Copper Miner 1
Builder 1
Carpenter 1
Mason 1
Farmer 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Fancy Weaver 1
Weaver Factory 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Horfer

Name Census Frequency
Mary Horfer 21
William Horfer 15
Elizabeth Horfer 14
Ann Horfer 13
John Horfer 12
James Horfer 11
Jane Horfer 11
George Horfer 10
Thomas Horfer 10
Ellen Horfer 8
Alfred Horfer 6
Emma Horfer 6
Eliza Horfer 5
Emily Horfer 5
Joseph Horfer 5
Albert Horfer 4
Charles Horfer 4
Frederick Horfer 4
Hannah Horfer 4
Henry Horfer 4
Margaret Horfer 4
Benjamin Horfer 3
Harriet Horfer 3
Robert Horfer 3
Walter Horfer 3

Horfer Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Horfer 100% 273
2 Harfer 83% 115

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The surname Horfer is the most popular version of all its varients

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