Dare Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 2
Buckinghamshire 1
Berkshire 8
Cambridgeshire 8
Channel Islands 3
Cheshire 21
Cornwall 16
Cumberland 3
Derbyshire 34
Devon 205
Dorset 42
Durham 27
Essex 67
Gloucestershire 69
Hampshire 30
Herefordshire 4
Hertfordshire 6
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 47
Lancashire 118
Leicestershire 15
Lincolnshire 1
London 348
Middlesex 40
Northumberland 5
Norfolk 11
Northamptonshire 3
Nottinghamshire 3
Oxfordshire 11
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 56
Somerset 180
Surrey 66
Sussex 10
Staffordshire 20
Warwickshire 38
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 7
Worcestershire 18
Yorkshire 56

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 3
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 4
Flintshire 4
Glamorgan 123
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 5
Monmouthshire 22
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Dare Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dare family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 284
Agricultural Labourer 26
General Labourer 24
Living On Own Means 21
Labourer 19
Farmer 19
Domestic Servant 15
Dress Maker 13
Gardener 12
General Servant 12
Mason 11
Carpenter 11
Farm Labourer 10
General Servant Domestic 9
Painter 9
Baker 8
Butcher 8
Farmer's Son 7
House Keeper 7
Living On Her Own Means 7
Clerk 6
General Domestic Servant 6
Joiner 6
Laundress 5
Farm Servant 5

Most Frequent Forenames for Dare

Name Census Frequency
William Dare 657
Mary Dare 643
John Dare 614
Elizabeth Dare 468
George Dare 360
Sarah Dare 333
James Dare 323
Thomas Dare 264
Charles Dare 257
Henry Dare 219
Eliza Dare 190
Jane Dare 173
Ellen Dare 170
Ann Dare 169
Emma Dare 152
Annie Dare 144
Emily Dare 143
Frederick Dare 139
Joseph Dare 138
Robert Dare 131
Edward Dare 127
Alice Dare 125
Samuel Dare 123
Alfred Dare 120
Arthur Dare 107

Dare Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dear 50% 16,821
2 Dore 75% 11,916
3 Dare 100% 10,751
4 Deer 25% 3,890
5 Adair 40% 2,426
6 Deere 60% 1,349
7 Deare 80% 1,254
8 Door 25% 1,080
9 Doar 50% 1,066
10 Doore 60% 778
11 Doree 60% 583
12 Dier 25% 520
13 Doer 25% 342
14 Dure 75% 334
15 Daire 80% 285
16 Dora 50% 251
17 Duro 50% 246
18 Durie 60% 242
19 Deire 60% 236
20 Eader 40% 221
21 Eder 25% 212
22 Dair 50% 211
23 Daur 50% 199
24 Duroe 60% 167
25 Duer 25% 163
26 Adare 80% 154
27 Audoire 43% 119
28 Dire 75% 113
29 Daer 50% 109
30 Ader 25% 108
31 Darie 80% 106
32 Dere 75% 106
33 Daere 80% 102

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The surname Dare is the 3rd most popular variant of Dear.

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