Bair 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 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 6
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 4
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

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

Bair Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bair family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 3
Tailor Journeyman 1
Miller Corn Mill 1
Servant 1
Journeyman Millwright 1
Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Bair

Name Census Frequency
George Bair 13
Sarah Bair 13
John Bair 12
Mary Bair 11
William Bair 11
Elizabeth Bair 9
Thomas Bair 6
Ann Bair 4
Henry Bair 4
James Bair 4
Margaret Bair 4
Arthur Bair 3
Ellen Bair 3
Emma Bair 3
Esther Bair 3
Jane Bair 3
Alexander Bair 2
Alfred Bair 2
Anne Bair 2
Charles Bair 2
Charlotte Bair 2
Edward Bair 2
Eliza Bair 2
Samuel Bair 2
Winifred Bair 2

Bair Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Beer 50% 37,090
2 Bear 50% 7,710
3 Beare 40% 4,824
4 Bore 25% 2,880
5 Beere 40% 2,813
6 Bare 50% 2,113
7 Boor 50% 1,958
8 Boore 40% 1,783
9 Bree 25% 1,658
10 Bere 25% 1,281
11 Bauer 60% 1,186
12 Buer 50% 894
13 Boar 50% 827
14 Bar 75% 512
15 Abear 40% 397
16 Abra 25% 381
17 Burree 33% 345
18 Bure 25% 311
19 Berr 50% 296
20 Auber 20% 220
21 Boer 50% 214
22 Barre 60% 211
23 Behr 50% 211
24 Abare 40% 202
25 Bur 50% 197
26 Boare 40% 194
27 Aber 25% 191
28 Bair 100% 187
29 Bour 50% 168
30 Brie 50% 144
31 Baur 75% 141
32 Broe 25% 122
33 Bier 50% 120
34 Obree 20% 119
35 Bira 50% 113
36 Baer 75% 107
37 Boure 40% 100

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The surname Bair is the 28th most popular variant of Beer.

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