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 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 5
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 4
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
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

Kier Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Kier family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2
Lodging House Keeper 1
Engineer's Wife 1
No Occupation 1
Trimmer 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

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

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