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

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

Ires Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ires family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 3
Agricultural Labourer 2
Butcher 1
Platter 1
Female Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Ires

Name Census Frequency
John Ires 13
Sarah Ires 13
Mary Ires 10
William Ires 10
Charles Ires 8
George Ires 7
Ann Ires 6
Jane Ires 6
Thomas Ires 6
Henry Ires 5
James Ires 5
Joseph Ires 5
Arthur Ires 4
Edith Ires 4
Fanny Ires 4
Harry Ires 4
Robert Ires 4
Samuel Ires 4
Edward Ires 3
Eliza Ires 3
Elizabeth Ires 3
Ellen Ires 3
Emma Ires 3
Isebella Ires 3
Susan Ires 3

Ires Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rees 50% 200,374
2 Rose 25% 157,852
3 Rouse 20% 28,270
4 Reese 40% 5,158
5 Ruse 25% 4,501
6 Aris 50% 3,585
7 Roose 20% 3,029
8 Rise 25% 1,984
9 Rous 25% 1,352
10 Airs 50% 1,290
11 Aries 60% 1,061
12 Ries 50% 1,019
13 Reis 50% 931
14 Roos 25% 897
15 Rosa 25% 704
16 Rus 50% 436
17 Aires 80% 298
18 Rase 25% 254
19 Roes 50% 253
20 Eairs 40% 247
21 Reas 50% 243
22 Ires 100% 214
23 Ares 75% 205
24 Rosie 20% 188
25 Rause 20% 178
26 Ros 50% 174
27 Orois 40% 170
28 Roase 20% 161
29 Eares 60% 157
30 Orse 25% 143
31 Ears 25% 142
32 Rease 40% 141
33 Iris 75% 119
34 Roas 25% 117
35 Aiers 40% 103
36 Raise 20% 103
37 Earis 40% 102
38 Res 75% 101

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The surname Ires is the 22nd most popular variant of Rees.

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