Whur 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 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 19
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 6
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 15
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 3

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

Whur Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Whur family

Profession Census Frequency
Clerk 3
At School 2
Dress Makers Assistant 1
General Labourer 1
Master Tailor Producer 1
No Occupation 1
None 1
Not Known 1
Tailor (shop Keeper) 1
Cotton Spinning 1
School Part Time (weaving) 1
Tailor 1
Carpenter 1
Carpenter (builders) 1
Joiner 1
Plumber 1
Retired Builder 1
Sanitary Inspector 1
School 1
Shop Keeper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Whur

Name Census Frequency
John Whur 9
Mary Whur 8
William Whur 7
Alice Whur 6
Elizabeth Whur 6
Robert Whur 6
Thomas Whur 5
Amelia Whur 4
Edith Whur 4
Ellen Whur 4
Frank Whur 4
Louisa Whur 4
Percy Whur 4
Sidney Whur 4
Walter Whur 4
Ada Whur 3
Eliza Whur 3
Ernest Whur 3
Hilda Whur 3
Sarah Whur 3
Frederick Whur 2
George Whur 2
Harry Whur 2
Herbert Whur 2
Jane Whur 2

Whur Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Whear 60% 1,133
2 Were 25% 1,130
3 Whurr 80% 285
4 Whare 60% 203
5 Whur 100% 164
6 Whire 60% 136
7 Wheare 50% 127

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The surname Whur is the 5th most popular variant of Whear.

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