Pyer 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 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 7
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 6
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 10
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 3
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 7
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

Pyer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Pyer family

Profession Census Frequency
Shipwright 2
Smith 1
Journeyman Baker 1
Independent 1
Apprentice 1
Confectioner 1
Cooper 1
Shoe Maker 1
Accountant 1
Bonnet Maker 1
Farmer 1
Stone Mason 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Pyer

Name Census Frequency
James Pyer 27
William Pyer 25
Mary Pyer 21
John Pyer 19
Eliza Pyer 16
Elizabeth Pyer 14
Caroline Pyer 11
Sarah Pyer 10
Charles Pyer 8
George Pyer 8
Thomas Pyer 8
Joseph Pyer 7
Ann Pyer 6
Arthur Pyer 6
Emily Pyer 6
Morris Pyer 6
Amelia Pyer 5
Ellen Pyer 5
Florence Pyer 5
Herbert Pyer 5
Louisa Pyer 5
Margaret Pyer 5
Violet Pyer 5
Edith Pyer 4
Edward Pyer 4

Pyer Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Poyer 80% 772
2 Payer 80% 665
3 Pyer 100% 418
4 Payre 40% 326
5 Payor 60% 260
6 Pyre 50% 100

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The surname Pyer is the 3rd most popular variant of Poyer.

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