Wares Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Wares Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wares family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 6
General Servant 5
Agricultural Labourer 3
Blacksmith 2
Domestic Servant 2
Farm Labourer 2
Housemaid 1
Bankers Clerk 1
Blacksmiths Mricker 1
Shipwright Workman 1
Share Broker Clerk 1
Brewer 1
Servant 1
Coal Miner 1
House Keeper 1
Servant Domestic 1
Inn Keeper 1
Apprentice Printer 1
Apprentice Whitesmith 1
Garden Labourer 1
Parish Relief 1
Sawyer Unemployed 1
Farm Servant 1
Flax Mill Hand 1
General Dealer 1

Wares Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Owers 40% 5,336
2 Ewers 40% 2,527
3 Wears 60% 2,130
4 Wares 100% 621
5 Wars 80% 366
6 Wiers 40% 196
7 Weirs 40% 179
8 Wires 80% 131

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The surname Wares is the 4th most popular variant of Owers.

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