Dear Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 254
Buckinghamshire 11
Berkshire 20
Cambridgeshire 33
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 27
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 12
Derbyshire 31
Devon 63
Dorset 48
Durham 20
Essex 96
Gloucestershire 7
Hampshire 172
Herefordshire 3
Hertfordshire 96
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 28
Isle of Man 0
Kent 86
Lancashire 159
Leicestershire 12
Lincolnshire 9
London 626
Middlesex 154
Northumberland 14
Norfolk 8
Northamptonshire 3
Nottinghamshire 35
Oxfordshire 7
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 28
Shropshire 7
Suffolk 14
Somerset 27
Surrey 53
Sussex 67
Staffordshire 31
Warwickshire 32
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 132
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 56

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 2
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 20
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 5
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Dear Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dear family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 402
General Labourer 41
Agricultural Labourer 30
Labourer 24
Domestic Servant 22
Dress Maker 18
Living On Own Means 17
General Servant 14
Coal Miner 14
General Servant Domestic 13
Laundress 13
Gardener 12
Bricklayer 11
Straw Plaiter 11
Carpenter 11
Cotton Weaver 11
Brick Layer 10
Grocer 10
Painter 10
Farm Labourer 9
Clerk 9
Living On Her Own Means 8
Porter 7
Punnet Maker 7
Farm Servant 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Dear

Name Census Frequency
William Dear 1,140
Mary Dear 983
John Dear 745
George Dear 658
Elizabeth Dear 644
Charles Dear 585
Sarah Dear 541
James Dear 540
Thomas Dear 408
Ann Dear 371
Jane Dear 303
Henry Dear 293
Eliza Dear 268
Emma Dear 258
Alfred Dear 256
Ellen Dear 238
Annie Dear 237
Joseph Dear 221
Frederick Dear 210
Alice Dear 208
Edward Dear 193
Arthur Dear 178
Emily Dear 172
Robert Dear 154
Albert Dear 150

Dear Surname Variants Ranking

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

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The surname Dear is the most popular version of all its varients

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