Steer Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 1
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 10
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 83
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 41
Devon 782
Dorset 11
Durham 11
Essex 7
Gloucestershire 5
Hampshire 41
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 10
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 1
Kent 109
Lancashire 39
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 34
London 281
Middlesex 28
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 9
Northamptonshire 11
Nottinghamshire 12
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 16
Surrey 331
Sussex 283
Staffordshire 19
Warwickshire 18
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 12
Yorkshire 84

Wales

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

Steer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Steer family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 325
Agricultural Labourer 109
House Servant 65
Farm Labourer 34
Labourer 31
Servant 30
At Home 29
Dress Maker 24
Carpenter 20
Farm Servant 19
Annuitant 15
General Servant 15
Shoe Maker 14
Pauper 13
Laundress 13
Cook 12
Nurse 11
Mason 11
Scholar At Home 11
Milliner 10
Home 10
Agricultural Laborer 10
Blacksmith 9
House Keeper 9
Gardener 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Steer

Name Census Frequency
William Steer 1,859
Mary Steer 1,566
John Steer 1,425
George Steer 1,109
Elizabeth Steer 1,080
James Steer 845
Thomas Steer 793
Sarah Steer 699
Henry Steer 573
Charles Steer 530
Jane Steer 488
Ann Steer 460
Eliza Steer 428
Emma Steer 384
Alice Steer 378
Ellen Steer 378
Emily Steer 333
Annie Steer 319
Joseph Steer 307
Alfred Steer 303
Frederick Steer 303
Richard Steer 276
Edward Steer 237
Florence Steer 235
Albert Steer 230

Steer Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Steer 100% 25,919
2 Easter 50% 10,168
3 Suter 60% 6,430
4 Souter 50% 4,908
5 Star 60% 2,594
6 Store 40% 1,928
7 Stear 80% 1,732
8 Steere 83% 960
9 Stour 60% 940
10 Auster 50% 747
11 Seater 50% 712
12 Stair 60% 603
13 Soutar 33% 507
14 Sutor 40% 491
15 Stare 40% 476
16 Ester 60% 445
17 Aster 60% 411
18 Oster 60% 308
19 Sater 60% 306
20 Sture 40% 233
21 Storie 33% 226
22 Seatree 43% 192
23 Sterr 80% 156
24 Stier 80% 144
25 Starie 33% 134
26 Stoor 60% 132
27 Stur 60% 132
28 Suiter 50% 127
29 Sauter 50% 122

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

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