Ryer 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 3
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 7
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 9
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 9
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 7
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 5
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Ryer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ryer family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 11
Farm Labourer 4
Annuitant 3
Agricultural Labourer 2
Domestic Servant 2
Cordwainr 1
Ship Carpenter 1
Inmate 1
House Painter 1
Farmer 1
Warehouse Man 1
Plasterers Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Ryer

Name Census Frequency
Elizabeth Ryer 17
Mary Ryer 17
Thomas Ryer 14
George Ryer 11
John Ryer 11
William Ryer 11
Jane Ryer 10
Ann Ryer 9
Edward Ryer 7
Robert Ryer 6
Sarah Ryer 6
Emily Ryer 5
James Ryer 5
Annie Ryer 4
Eliza Ryer 4
Martha Ryer 4
Samuel Ryer 4
Albert Ryer 3
Alice Ryer 3
Charles Ryer 3
Henry Ryer 3
Joseph Ryer 3
Margaret Ryer 3
Ada Ryer 2
Alfred Ryer 2

Ryer Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rayer 80% 705
2 Royer 80% 575
3 Ryer 100% 263

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The surname Ryer is the 3rd most popular variant of Rayer.

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