Kier 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	0
Cumberland	0
Derbyshire	7
Devon	0
Dorset	0

Durham	1
Essex	0
Gloucestershire	0
Hampshire	0
Herefordshire	0
Hertfordshire	0
Huntingdonshire	0
Isle of Man	0
Kent	0
Lancashire	0
Leicestershire	0

Lincolnshire	0
London	1
Middlesex	0
Northumberland	0
Norfolk	0
Northamptonshire	0
Nottinghamshire	0
Oxfordshire	0
Rutland	0
Shropshire	0
Suffolk	1

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

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Kier Surname Statistics

Top Professions for the Kier family

Profession	Census Frequency
Scholar	3
Errand Boy	1
Plasterer	1
Master Mariners Wife	1
Assistant In House	1

Most Frequent Forenames for Kier

Name	Census Frequency
John Kier	15
Mary Kier	11
James Kier	9
Peter Kier	7
William Kier	7
George Kier	6
Jane Kier	6
Ann Kier	5
Edwin Kier	5
Emily Kier	5
Margaret Kier	5
Sarah Kier	5
Thomas Kier	5
Ada Kier	4
Catherine Kier	4
Charles Kier	4
Elizabeth Kier	4
Alexander Kier	3
Alice Kier	3
Eliza Kier	3
Frances Kier	3
Harry Kier	3
Robert Kier	3
Albert Kier	2
Annie Kier	2

Kier Surname Variants Ranking

Rank	Surname	Match	Census Frequency
1	Kear	50%	3,676
2	Keer	75%	2,747
3	Ker	75%	1,981
4	Keir	50%	1,494
5	Oaker	40%	587
6	Aker	50%	459
7	Queree	33%	385
8	Auker	40%	362
9	Kier	100%	219
10	Kare	25%	168
11	Keare	40%	111

Did you know?

The surname Kier is the 9th most popular variant of Kear.