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 261
Buckinghamshire 10
Berkshire 23
Cambridgeshire 31
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 7
Cornwall 5
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 12
Devon 50
Dorset 60
Durham 7
Essex 160
Gloucestershire 33
Hampshire 307
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 87
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 40
Isle of Man 1
Kent 103
Lancashire 131
Leicestershire 11
Lincolnshire 21
London 664
Middlesex 200
Northumberland 6
Norfolk 4
Northamptonshire 8
Nottinghamshire 43
Oxfordshire 21
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 40
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 11
Somerset 9
Surrey 61
Sussex 31
Staffordshire 22
Warwickshire 14
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 162
Worcestershire 5
Yorkshire 97

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 7
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 21
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 5
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 2

Dear Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dear family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 59
Living On Own Means 30
Scholar 25
Cook Domestic 20
General Servant Domestic 18
Bricklayer 15
Domestic Servant 15
Dress Maker 15
Agricultural Labourer 15
Carpenter 14
Laundress Wash 12
House Maid Domestic 10
School 10
Dressmaker 8
Milliner 8
French Polisher 7
Housemaid Domestic 7
Bricklayer Labourer 7
Bank Clerk 6
Railway Clerk 6
Cotton Weaver 6
Straw Factor 6
House Painter 5
Broom Brush Maker 5
Butcher 5

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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