Shares 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 1
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 4
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 9
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 12
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 8
Somerset 0
Surrey 2
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

Shares Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Shares family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 10
Agricultural Labourer 2
Cord Wainer 1
House Maid 1
Baker & Grocer Wife 1
Nurse Maid 1
Smith 1
General Serv 1
Labourer 1
Office Messenger 1
Tailoress 1
Bricklayer 1
Foundry Labour 1
Gardener 1
Hair Weaver 1
Carpenter 1
None 1
Weaver 1
Carter 1
Farm Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Shares

Name Census Frequency
John Shares 17
Mary Shares 16
Elizabeth Shares 12
Sarah Shares 12
James Shares 11
William Shares 11
Thomas Shares 9
Ann Shares 8
Eliza Shares 6
George Shares 6
Jane Shares 5
Martha Shares 5
Charles Shares 4
Ellen Shares 4
Joseph Shares 4
Margaret Shares 3
Samuel Shares 3
Walter Shares 3
Alice Shares 2
Arthur Shares 2
Bridget Shares 2
Clara Shares 2
Emma Shares 2
Ethel Shares 2
Frederick Shares 2

Shares Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Shears 67% 9,344
2 Shires 83% 5,643
3 Shiers 50% 1,961
4 Sheers 50% 1,586
5 Shores 83% 1,047
6 Shares 100% 210
7 Sheres 83% 129

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The surname Shares is the 6th most popular variant of Shears.

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