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 5
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 10
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 8
Cheshire 30
Cornwall 68
Cumberland 5
Derbyshire 48
Devon 844
Dorset 23
Durham 13
Essex 27
Gloucestershire 30
Hampshire 51
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 12
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 4
Isle of Man 0
Kent 140
Lancashire 52
Leicestershire 11
Lincolnshire 41
London 533
Middlesex 24
Northumberland 8
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 7
Nottinghamshire 18
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 4
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 8
Somerset 39
Surrey 392
Sussex 328
Staffordshire 16
Warwickshire 26
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 20
Yorkshire 129

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 25
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 12
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 7
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Steer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Steer family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 557
Agricultural Labourer 122
Labourer 62
Carpenter 42
Servant 30
Domestic Servant 29
Dress Maker 27
Laundress 27
General Servant 21
Gardener 20
Farm Labourer 19
Blacksmith 19
Annuitant 15
Fisherman 15
Painter 13
Cook 13
House Keeper 12
Milliner 12
Bricklayer 12
Farmers Son 11
Farm Servant 9
Mason 8
Pauper 8
Butcher 8
Nurse 8

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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