Lyer 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 1
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 21
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 8
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

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

Lyer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lyer family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 6
Scholar 4
Agricultural Labourer Wife 3
Daur Of Farmer 2
Baker 1
Carpenter 1
Housemaid 1
Pauper 1
Shepherd 1
Farmer Of 100 Acres Employing 5 Men And 1 Boy 1
Gentilman 1
Son Of Farmer 1
School Teacher 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Lyer

Name Census Frequency
William Lyer 16
Mary Lyer 15
John Lyer 14
George Lyer 9
Ann Lyer 8
Elizabeth Lyer 7
Frederick Lyer 7
Annie Lyer 6
Charles Lyer 6
Sarah Lyer 6
Edward Lyer 5
Ellen Lyer 5
Hannah Lyer 5
James Lyer 5
Susan Lyer 5
Thomas Lyer 5
Alfred Lyer 4
Alice Lyer 4
Eliza Lyer 4
Francis Lyer 4
Maria Lyer 4
Charlotte Lyer 3
Edith Lyer 3
Edwin Lyer 3
Henry Lyer 3

Lyer Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Layer 80% 2,663
2 Lyer 100% 270
3 Loyer 80% 188

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The surname Lyer is the 2nd most popular variant of Layer.

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