Wyre 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 2
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 3
Devon 0
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 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 8
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland 0
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 10
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 3
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

Wyre Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wyre family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 3
Miner 3
Artist 2
Female Servant 2
Collier 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Frame Work Knitter 1
Lace Worker 1
School Mistress 1
Farming Bailiff 1
Inn Keeper 1
None 1
Independent 1
Shoe Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wyre

Name Census Frequency
Mary Wyre 49
John Wyre 38
William Wyre 32
Sarah Wyre 26
George Wyre 24
Elizabeth Wyre 18
Charles Wyre 15
Thomas Wyre 14
James Wyre 13
Joseph Wyre 13
Edward Wyre 12
Martha Wyre 11
Samuel Wyre 11
Ann Wyre 10
Eliza Wyre 10
Margaret Wyre 10
Richard Wyre 10
Alice Wyre 9
Jane Wyre 8
Ellen Wyre 7
Emma Wyre 7
Alfred Wyre 6
Annie Wyre 6
David Wyre 6
Sidney Wyre 6

Wyre Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wyer 50% 4,967
2 Wyre 100% 580
3 Weyer 40% 278
4 Wayre 80% 232
5 Wayer 40% 134

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The surname Wyre is the 2nd most popular variant of Wyer.

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