Pier Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Pier Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Pier family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 4
General Labourer 3
Dock Labourer 2
General Shop Keeper 1
Shop Keeper's Assistant 1
Chairwoman 1
Factory Labourer 1
Labourer 1
Piercer 1
Stone Mason 1
Farm Foreman 1
Farm Labourer 1
Apprentice 1
Examiner In Umbrella Manufacturing 1
Hat Haiser 1
Surgical Appliance Maker 1
Traveller For Cardboard Box Manurfacturer 1
Warehouseman Cotton Manufacturing 1

Pier Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Poore 40% 4,690
2 Pear 50% 2,265
3 Poor 50% 2,236
4 Pare 25% 2,035
5 Peer 75% 1,730
6 Pirie 40% 1,259
7 Peare 40% 887
8 Prue 25% 674
9 Pair 50% 415
10 Pier 100% 381
11 Paar 50% 300
12 Par 50% 259
13 Pearee 33% 232
14 Pure 25% 217
15 Proe 25% 178
16 Pore 25% 161
17 Pere 50% 139
18 Paire 40% 114
19 Perie 40% 103

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The surname Pier is the 10th most popular variant of Poore.

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