Mires 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 0
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 7
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 8
Middlesex 2
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 5
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 4

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

Mires Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Mires family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 7
Agricultural Labourer 2
Grocer's Porter 1
General Servant Domestic 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Retired Servant 1
Domestic Servant 1
Gas Fitter 1
Living On Own Means 1
Skilled Labourer 1
Labourer 1
House Keeper 1
Tanners Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Mires

Name Census Frequency
John Mires 32
Mary Mires 31
George Mires 26
William Mires 22
Sarah Mires 21
Elizabeth Mires 20
James Mires 14
Thomas Mires 13
Francis Mires 11
Robert Mires 10
Albert Mires 8
Ann Mires 8
Jane Mires 8
Margaret Mires 8
Walter Mires 8
Eliza Mires 7
Alfred Mires 6
Alice Mires 6
Annie Mires 6
Arthur Mires 5
Charles Mires 5
Edward Mires 5
Emily Mires 5
Louisa Mires 5
Samuel Mires 4

Mires Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Mears 40% 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 80% 2,590
8 Mars 60% 2,464
9 Myres 80% 2,333
10 Mors 60% 2,328
11 Mooris 50% 2,317
12 Maris 60% 2,024
13 Meares 67% 1,672
14 Miers 60% 1,581
15 Mores 80% 1,008
16 Mairs 60% 920
17 Moorse 33% 725
18 Maries 67% 655
19 Mories 67% 508
20 Mires 100% 460
21 Muers 40% 387
22 Amers 40% 361
23 Meeres 67% 302
24 Muras 60% 253
25 Marse 40% 232
26 Meres 80% 196
27 Emers 40% 167
28 Maers 40% 117
29 Maeers 50% 109
30 Mers 60% 105

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The surname Mires is the 20th most popular variant of Mears.

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