Meare 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 4
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 2
Gloucestershire 3
Hampshire 4
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 14
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 16
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 23
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 4
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Meare Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Meare family

Profession Census Frequency
Farm Labourer 6
At School 4
School 3
Shirt Cutter 2
Private Means 2
Shirt Maker 2
Stone Quarryman Dealer 2
Carman 1
Clerk 1
Clerk (government) 1
Coal Porter 1
Electrician 1
Housemaid Domestic 1
Ironer 1
Labourer 1
None 1
Nurse Domestic 1
Shop Assistant 1
Coal Miner (hewer) 1
Domestic General Servant 1
Carter On Farm 1
General Servant (domestic) 1
General Servant Domestic 1
Helping In The Home 1
Valet (domestic) 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Meare

Name Census Frequency
Mary Meare 40
William Meare 32
Thomas Meare 27
Elizabeth Meare 23
Sarah Meare 23
John Meare 22
James Meare 18
Jane Meare 17
Alice Meare 15
Ann Meare 13
Joseph Meare 13
Emily Meare 12
George Meare 12
Annie Meare 11
Edward Meare 10
Emma Meare 10
Henry Meare 10
Charles Meare 8
Margaret Meare 8
Albert Meare 7
Ernest Meare 7
Hannah Meare 7
Samuel Meare 7
Walter Meare 7
Alfred Meare 6

Meare Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Moore 60% 421,922
2 Moor 40% 41,930
3 More 60% 12,596
4 Muir 40% 8,235
5 Amor 20% 5,589
6 Mear 80% 4,367
7 Mair 40% 3,998
8 Mare 80% 3,775
9 Moir 40% 3,694
10 Amer 40% 2,872
11 Maria 40% 2,280
12 Mara 60% 2,087
13 Marie 60% 1,283
14 Meer 60% 1,106
15 Meir 60% 1,072
16 Meier 40% 858
17 Omer 40% 854
18 Imrie 20% 793
19 Maer 40% 771
20 Meara 80% 766
21 Amour 20% 721
22 Amoore 50% 610
23 Mar 60% 589
24 Meare 100% 566
25 Eamer 40% 526
26 Omara 40% 419
27 Maier 40% 402
28 Mier 40% 332
29 Mere 80% 270
30 Mure 60% 241
31 Moar 60% 234
32 Moare 80% 223
33 Maire 60% 206
34 Omeara 67% 196
35 Meere 80% 183
36 Maur 40% 180
37 Maeer 40% 168
38 Morie 40% 163
39 Amore 40% 135
40 Mora 40% 134
41 Maara 60% 128
42 Emer 40% 127
43 Mour 40% 123
44 Miur 40% 117
45 Moure 60% 107
46 Muer 40% 104

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The surname Meare is the 24th most popular variant of Moore.

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