Mares Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 3
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 1
Cambridgeshire 2
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 2
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 35
Dorset 0
Durham 10
Essex 20
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 24
Herefordshire 5
Hertfordshire 4
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 59
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 7
London 48
Middlesex 15
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 4
Sussex 1
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 2
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Mares Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Mares family

Profession Census Frequency
School 26
Private Means 4
Cotton Weaver 4
Farmer 4
Weaver 4
Labourer 3
Farm Labourer 3
Domestic 3
None 3
At Home 2
Dressmaker 2
Joiner 2
Cook 2
Farmers Son Working On Farm 2
Patent Medicine Maker 2
Assistg On Farm 1
Cardroom Hand 1
Carter 1
Coal Drawer 1
Cotton Spinner 1
Cotton Winder 1
Dairy Work Farmers Daughter 1
Engine Cleaner On Railway 1
Engine Fitter Retired 1
Waggoner On Farm 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Mares

Name Census Frequency
Mary Mares 197
John Mares 153
William Mares 148
Elizabeth Mares 110
Thomas Mares 85
Sarah Mares 84
James Mares 81
George Mares 77
Charles Mares 67
Ann Mares 61
Henry Mares 57
Jane Mares 51
Eliza Mares 39
Richard Mares 37
Frederick Mares 36
Ellen Mares 34
Joseph Mares 32
Emily Mares 30
Hannah Mares 30
Robert Mares 30
Annie Mares 29
Emma Mares 28
Alfred Mares 27
Alice Mares 26
Arthur Mares 26

Mares Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Mears 60% 19,097
2 Moores 67% 17,103
3 Morse 40% 17,032
4 Moors 40% 9,008
5 Moris 60% 5,681
6 Meers 40% 2,736
7 Mares 100% 2,590
8 Mars 80% 2,464
9 Mors 60% 2,328
10 Mooris 50% 2,317
11 Maris 80% 2,024
12 Meares 83% 1,672
13 Miers 40% 1,581
14 Mores 80% 1,008
15 Mairs 60% 920
16 Moorse 33% 725
17 Maries 83% 655
18 Mories 67% 508
19 Mires 80% 460
20 Muers 40% 387
21 Amers 40% 361
22 Meeres 67% 302
23 Muras 60% 253
24 Marse 60% 232
25 Meres 80% 196
26 Emers 40% 167
27 Marres 83% 120
28 Maers 60% 117
29 Maeers 67% 109
30 Mers 60% 105
31 Mayres 83% 102

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The surname Mares is the 7th most popular variant of Mears.

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