Syre 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 1
Devon 3
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 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

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

Syre Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Syre family

Profession Census Frequency
Farm Labourer 2
Winder In Silk Mill 1
Lodger 1
Lodge Maid 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Syre

Name Census Frequency
William Syre 16
John Syre 14
Mary Syre 11
George Syre 9
Sarah Syre 9
Elizabeth Syre 8
Robert Syre 5
Samuel Syre 5
Thomas Syre 4
Ann Syre 3
Ellen Syre 3
Horace Syre 3
James Syre 3
Joseph Syre 3
Margaret Syre 3
Martha Syre 3
Annie Syre 2
Caroline Syre 2
Eliza Syre 2
Emily Syre 2
Emma Syre 2
Eric Syre 2
Fanny Syre 2
Florence Syre 2
Frederick Syre 2

Syre Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Sayer 40% 28,534
2 Sear 25% 8,462
3 Syer 50% 3,390
4 Seear 20% 1,134
5 Searr 40% 257
6 Soyer 40% 216
7 Syre 100% 167
8 Seyer 40% 148
9 Sayor 40% 142
10 Cere 50% 119

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The surname Syre is the 7th most popular variant of Sayer.

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