Maier 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 4
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 9
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 10
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
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 5
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Maier Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Maier family

Profession Census Frequency
Collier 2
Journeyman Smith 1
Shoe Binder 1
Ag Lab 1
Horse Keeper 1
Female Servant 1
Labourer 1
Laundress 1
Shoemaker 1
Tailor 1
Inn Keeper Keeper Keeper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Maier

Name Census Frequency
Mary Maier 25
William Maier 22
John Maier 20
Charles Maier 12
Joseph Maier 12
Elizabeth Maier 9
Frederick Maier 8
George Maier 8
Jane Maier 8
James Maier 7
Catherine Maier 6
Maria Maier 6
Rosa Maier 6
Sarah Maier 6
Thomas Maier 6
Alice Maier 5
Fanny Maier 5
Robert Maier 5
Ann Maier 4
Charlotte Maier 4
Edith Maier 4
Edward Maier 4
Emily Maier 4
Margaret Maier 4
Oscar Maier 4

Maier Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Moore 20% 421,922
2 Moor 40% 41,930
3 Mayer 80% 15,864
4 More 40% 12,596
5 Mayor 60% 12,134
6 Muir 60% 8,235
7 Amor 40% 5,589
8 Mear 40% 4,367
9 Mair 80% 3,998
10 Mare 60% 3,775
11 Moir 60% 3,694
12 Amer 60% 2,872
13 Maria 40% 2,280
14 Mara 40% 2,087
15 Marie 60% 1,283
16 Meer 60% 1,106
17 Meir 60% 1,072
18 Meier 80% 858
19 Omer 40% 854
20 Imrie 40% 793
21 Maer 80% 771
22 Meara 20% 766
23 Amour 20% 721
24 Amoore 17% 610
25 Mar 60% 589
26 Meare 40% 566
27 Eamer 60% 526
28 Omara 20% 419
29 Maier 100% 402
30 Mier 80% 332
31 Mere 40% 270
32 Mure 40% 241
33 Moar 40% 234
34 Moare 40% 223
35 Maire 60% 206
36 Omeara 17% 196
37 Meere 40% 183
38 Maur 60% 180
39 Maeer 80% 168
40 Morie 40% 163
41 Amore 20% 135
42 Mora 20% 134
43 Maara 40% 128
44 Emer 40% 127
45 Mour 40% 123
46 Miur 60% 117
47 Meyor 40% 108
48 Moure 20% 107
49 Muer 60% 104

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The surname Maier is the 29th most popular variant of Moore.

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