Moir Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 6
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 14
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 45
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 4
Derbyshire 1
Devon 10
Dorset 3
Durham 114
Essex 56
Gloucestershire 8
Hampshire 25
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 6
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 3
Kent 54
Lancashire 151
Leicestershire 13
Lincolnshire 4
London 285
Middlesex 49
Northumberland 71
Norfolk 3
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 8
Oxfordshire 5
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 5
Somerset 1
Surrey 67
Sussex 26
Staffordshire 7
Warwickshire 6
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 15
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 54

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 2
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 3
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Moir Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Moir family

Profession Census Frequency
School 93
Private Means 23
None 13
Clerk 9
Scholar 7
Cotton Weaver 7
General Servant 5
Housemaid (domestic) 5
Police Constable 5
Student 5
No Occupation 5
Shop Assistant 5
Baker 4
Commercial Clerk 4
Compositor 4
General Labourer 4
General Servant (domestic) 4
House Work 4
Typist 4
Nurse (domestic) 4
At School 4
Dress Maker 3
Hospital Nurse 3
House Keeper 3
Housemaid Domestic 3

Most Frequent Forenames for Moir

Name Census Frequency
John Moir 276
James Moir 198
Mary Moir 191
William Moir 190
George Moir 138
Margaret Moir 118
Elizabeth Moir 106
Jane Moir 85
Robert Moir 83
Charles Moir 80
Alexander Moir 74
Annie Moir 69
Sarah Moir 67
Isabella Moir 59
Ann Moir 58
David Moir 57
Thomas Moir 53
Henry Moir 49
Andrew Moir 45
Jessie Moir 41
Emily Moir 39
Arthur Moir 37
Ellen Moir 37
Agnes Moir 36
Alice Moir 36

Moir Surname Variants Ranking

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

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The surname Moir is the 9th most popular variant of Moore.

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