Mar Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 1
Hertfordshire 1
Hunts and Rutland 0
Kent 4
Lancashire 9
Leicestershire 3
London 5
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 9
Nottinghamshire 2
Somerset 5
Surrey 1
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 4
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 2
Yorkshire 6
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Lincolnshire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northamptonshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0

Mar Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Mar family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 5
Labourer 4
Agricultural Labourer 3
Independent 2
Lab 2
Widow 1
Upholsterer 1
Male Servant 1
Sick Nurse 1
Weaver 1
Ag Labourer 1
Journeyman Shoemaker 1
Shoe Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Mar

Name Census Frequency
Mary Mar 49
William Mar 44
John Mar 36
James Mar 26
Elizabeth Mar 25
Thomas Mar 20
Ann Mar 18
Sarah Mar 17
George Mar 16
Jane Mar 16
Eliza Mar 13
Joseph Mar 13
Henry Mar 12
Margaret Mar 10
Catherine Mar 9
Emily Mar 9
Robert Mar 9
Ellen Mar 8
Hannah Mar 8
Edward Mar 7
Ada Mar 6
Annie Mar 6
Charlotte Mar 6
Frederick Mar 6
Samuel Mar 6

Mar Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Moore 40% 421,922
2 Moor 50% 41,930
3 More 50% 12,596
4 Marr 75% 11,336
5 Muir 50% 8,235
6 Maher 60% 5,993
7 Amor 50% 5,589
8 Mear 75% 4,367
9 Mair 75% 3,998
10 Mare 75% 3,775
11 Moir 50% 3,694
12 Amer 50% 2,872
13 Maria 60% 2,280
14 Mara 75% 2,087
15 Marie 60% 1,283
16 Meer 50% 1,106
17 Meagher 43% 1,075
18 Meir 50% 1,072
19 Meier 40% 858
20 Omer 50% 854
21 Imrie 20% 793
22 Maer 75% 771
23 Meara 60% 766
24 Amour 40% 721
25 Amoore 33% 610
26 Mar 100% 589
27 Meare 60% 566
28 Eamer 40% 526
29 Omara 60% 419
30 Maier 60% 402
31 Mier 50% 332
32 Mere 50% 270
33 Mure 50% 241
34 Moar 75% 234
35 Moare 60% 223
36 Maire 60% 206
37 Omeara 50% 196
38 Meere 40% 183
39 Maur 75% 180
40 Maeer 60% 168
41 Morie 40% 163
42 Amore 40% 135
43 Mora 50% 134
44 Maara 60% 128
45 Emer 50% 127
46 Mour 50% 123
47 Miur 50% 117
48 Moure 40% 107
49 Muer 50% 104

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The surname Mar is the 26th most popular variant of Moore.

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