Muir Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 1
Buckinghamshire 13
Berkshire 14
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 80
Cornwall 6
Cumberland 73
Derbyshire 51
Devon 23
Dorset 2
Durham 220
Essex 91
Gloucestershire 17
Hampshire 66
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 26
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 3
Kent 64
Lancashire 353
Leicestershire 17
Lincolnshire 0
London 398
Middlesex 117
Northumberland 200
Norfolk 16
Northamptonshire 16
Nottinghamshire 13
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 2
Somerset 4
Surrey 67
Sussex 24
Staffordshire 20
Warwickshire 38
Westmorland 12
Wiltshire 6
Worcestershire 23
Yorkshire 181

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 6
Cardiganshire 4
Carnarvonshire 3
Carmarthenshire 4
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 1
Glamorgan 11
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Muir Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Muir family

Profession Census Frequency
School 228
Private Means 23
At School 16
Clerk 9
General Servant (domestic) 9
Home 8
None 8
Student 8
Bank Clerk 7
Dress Maker 7
Farmer 7
General Labourer 7
Housekeeper 7
Assisting In The Business 7
Dock Labourer 6
Labourer 6
Laundress 6
At Home 6
Carter 6
Domestic Servant 5
No Occupation 5
Boarding House Keeper 5
Cotton Weaver 5
Dressmaker 5
Student (school) 5

Most Frequent Forenames for Muir

Name Census Frequency
John Muir 591
William Muir 536
Mary Muir 479
James Muir 462
Elizabeth Muir 300
Thomas Muir 258
Margaret Muir 251
Robert Muir 248
George Muir 218
Jane Muir 207
Sarah Muir 145
Agnes Muir 137
Annie Muir 123
Andrew Muir 119
Alexander Muir 118
Charles Muir 118
David Muir 101
Ann Muir 92
Janet Muir 91
Jessie Muir 91
Walter Muir 83
Henry Muir 77
Isabella Muir 77
Alice Muir 76
Ellen Muir 76

Muir Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Moore 40% 421,922
2 Moor 50% 41,930
3 More 25% 12,596
4 Muir 100% 8,235
5 Amor 25% 5,589
6 Mear 50% 4,367
7 Mair 75% 3,998
8 Mare 25% 3,775
9 Moir 75% 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 40% 721
22 Amoore 33% 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 50% 241
31 Moar 50% 234
32 Moare 40% 223
33 Maire 60% 206
34 Omeara 33% 196
35 Meere 40% 183
36 Maur 50% 180
37 Maeer 40% 168
38 Morie 40% 163
39 Amore 20% 135
40 Mora 25% 134
41 Maara 40% 128
42 Emer 25% 127
43 Mour 50% 123
44 Miur 50% 117
45 Moure 40% 107
46 Muer 75% 104

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The surname Muir is the 4th most popular variant of Moore.

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