Swier 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 7
Devon 1
Dorset 5
Durham 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 14
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 5
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 7
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 1

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

Swier Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Swier family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 8
Factory 3
Farmer 2
Independent 1
Male Servant 1
Grocer 1
Labourer 1
Tailor Journeyman 1
Butcher 1
Clerk To Majortrate 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Swier

Name Census Frequency
Mary Swier 25
William Swier 24
George Swier 23
Elizabeth Swier 20
Thomas Swier 19
Henry Swier 16
Ann Swier 15
Charles Swier 15
Sarah Swier 13
John Swier 11
James Swier 10
Jane Swier 10
Robert Swier 8
Annie Swier 7
Frank Swier 7
Alice Swier 6
Emma Swier 6
Frederick Swier 6
Harry Swier 6
Maud Swier 6
Ada Swier 5
Joseph Swier 5
Lucy Swier 5
Samuel Swier 5
Walter Swier 5

Swier Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Sawer 60% 3,359
2 Swire 60% 1,642
3 Swier 100% 435
4 Sewer 60% 404
5 Sower 60% 333
6 Swair 60% 127

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The surname Swier is the 3rd most popular variant of Sawer.

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