Nearn 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 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 4
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 15
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 7
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

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

Nearn Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Nearn family

Profession Census Frequency
Compositor Print 1
Lab 1
Labourer 1
Living On Own Means 1
Mechanic 1
Painter 1
Soldier 1
Sweeper In Cotton Mill Card 1
Dressmaker 1
Printer And Grocer Shopkeeper 1
Cloths Dealer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Nearn

Name Census Frequency
William Nearn 19
John Nearn 11
Elizabeth Nearn 7
James Nearn 6
Edward Nearn 5
Emily Nearn 5
Mary Nearn 5
Ann Nearn 4
Annie Nearn 4
Ellen Nearn 4
Joseph Nearn 4
Thomas Nearn 4
Caroline Nearn 3
Henry Nearn 3
Herbert Nearn 3
Alice Nearn 2
Bridget Nearn 2
Frederick Nearn 2
Harriot Nearn 2
Lilian Nearn 2
Richard Nearn 2
Sophia Nearn 2
Thirza Nearn 2
Briget Nearn 1
Catherine Nearn 1

Nearn Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Nairn 60% 1,629
2 Nairne 50% 358
3 Noran 40% 154
4 Nearn 100% 129
5 Norn 60% 105

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The surname Nearn is the 4th most popular variant of Nairn.

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