Shyer 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 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 14
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
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

Shyer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Shyer family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 4
Agricultural Labourer 3
Australian Merchant 1
Servant 1
Carpenter 1
House Maid 1
Proprietor Of Houses 1
Whitesmith Journeyman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Shyer

Name Census Frequency
Charles Shyer 8
Jane Shyer 7
James Shyer 6
Mary Shyer 6
Thomas Shyer 5
William Shyer 5
John Shyer 4
Sarah Shyer 4
Ann Shyer 3
Ernest Shyer 3
Florence Shyer 3
Francis Shyer 3
George Shyer 3
Annie Shyer 2
Aubrey Shyer 2
Edward Shyer 2
Eliza Shyer 2
Elizabeth Shyer 2
Ellen Shyer 2
Lily Shyer 2
Louisa Shyer 2
Martha Shyer 2
Samuel Shyer 2
Walter Shyer 2
Abijail Shyer 1

Shyer Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Shayer 83% 383
2 Shyer 100% 130
3 Shoyer 83% 103

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The surname Shyer is the 2nd most popular variant of Shayer.

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