Payer 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 5
Channel Islands 4
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 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 6
Lincolnshire 1
London 13
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 11
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 3
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

Wales

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

Payer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Payer family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 5
Farmer 4
Independent 3
Male Servant 2
Laundress 2
Pipe Maker 1
Waterboy 1
Waterman 1
Painter 1
Shoe Maker Apprentice 1
Corporal 1
Sallow Chandler 1
Tailor 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Butcher 1
Widow 1
Shoemaker 1
Hostler 1
Fitter 1
Clerk 1
Sadler Apprentice 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Payer

Name Census Frequency
William Payer 51
Mary Payer 50
John Payer 42
Elizabeth Payer 29
Charles Payer 21
George Payer 21
James Payer 21
Thomas Payer 19
Ann Payer 18
Henry Payer 14
Sarah Payer 14
Hannah Payer 12
Annie Payer 11
Edward Payer 11
Emily Payer 10
Jane Payer 10
Joseph Payer 10
Alice Payer 9
Walter Payer 9
Albert Payer 7
Louisa Payer 7
Robert Payer 7
Catherine Payer 6
Eliza Payer 6
Florence Payer 6

Payer Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Poyer 80% 772
2 Payer 100% 665
3 Pyer 80% 418
4 Payre 60% 326
5 Payor 80% 260
6 Pyre 40% 100

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The surname Payer is the 2nd most popular variant of Poyer.

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