Senior Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Senior Name Meaning: Originally denoted to an 'elder' or 'chief'.Secondly 'senior' was given as a nickname to the eldest of two bearers holding the same name 'two brothers'.

It is possible that this name indicated perhaps 'the lord of the manor',or somebody that behaved that way.The first recorded spelling is that of 'Walter Seignure',dated 1164.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Senior Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Senior family

Profession Census Frequency
School 655
Coal Miner Hewer 117
Weaver 45
Cloth Weaver 37
Labourer 36
Coal Miner (hewer) 36
Private Means 35
Housekeeper 34
General Servant (domestic) 33
Farmer 31
General Labourer 30
At Home 29
None 25
Scholar 24
Dressmaker 23
Shop Assistant 22
Joiner 19
House Keeper 18
At School 17
Clerk 17
Coal Miner 17
Butcher 16
Domestic Servant 15
Woollen Weaver 15
Cloth Finisher 15

Senior Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Senior 100% 48,351
2 Snare 33% 1,793
3 Seanor 67% 457
4 Senier 83% 266
5 Saner 50% 232
6 Sinar 50% 192
7 Siner 50% 141
8 Seinor 67% 139

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The surname Senior is the most popular version of all its varients

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