Karr Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Devon 3
Gloucestershire 3
Hertfordshire 1
Hunts and Rutland 0
Isle of Man 4
Kent 2
Lancashire 10
London 10
Surrey 1
Yorkshire 1
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0

Karr Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Karr family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 3
Tailor 2
Independent 2
Carrier 1
Clergyman 1
Student 1
Independant 1
Sadler 1
Stone Cutter 1
Baker 1
P Labourer 1
Piano Forte Maker 1
Solicitor 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Karr

Name Census Frequency
William Karr 31
James Karr 30
John Karr 28
Mary Karr 27
Margaret Karr 22
Thomas Karr 20
Elizabeth Karr 14
Jane Karr 14
Sarah Karr 13
George Karr 11
Ann Karr 10
Robert Karr 9
Annie Karr 8
Henry Karr 8
Eleanor Karr 7
Charles Karr 6
Eliza Karr 6
Samuel Karr 6
Agnes Karr 5
Alexander Karr 5
David Karr 5
Ellen Karr 5
Joseph Karr 5
Albert Karr 4
Alice Karr 4

Karr Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Carr 75% 147,165
2 Kerr 75% 22,032
3 Car 50% 770
4 Karr 100% 497
5 Kirr 75% 170

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The surname Karr is the 4th most popular variant of Carr.

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