Dore 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 7
Berkshire 124
Cambridgeshire 4
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 42
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 6
Derbyshire 11
Devon 54
Dorset 43
Durham 2
Essex 43
Gloucestershire 61
Hampshire 388
Herefordshire 8
Hertfordshire 8
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 52
Lancashire 76
Leicestershire 19
Lincolnshire 26
London 307
Middlesex 122
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 8
Northamptonshire 12
Nottinghamshire 46
Oxfordshire 220
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 3
Somerset 31
Surrey 90
Sussex 32
Staffordshire 9
Warwickshire 32
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 18
Worcestershire 21
Yorkshire 134

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 12
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 25
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 12
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 7

Dore Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dore family

Profession Census Frequency
School 211
Private Means 20
Farm Labourer 20
General Labourer 15
Assisting In The Business 15
Dressmaker 12
None 12
General Servant (domestic) 12
Carpenter 10
Dress Maker 10
Farmer 10
Shop Assistant 9
Laundress 9
At Home 9
Labourer 9
Plasterer 8
Bricklayer 7
Domestic Servant 7
Housemaid (domestic) 7
Clerk 6
Stone Mason 6
Housekeeper 6
Assisting In Business 6
Commercial Traveller 5
Cook 5

Most Frequent Forenames for Dore

Name Census Frequency
William Dore 738
Mary Dore 689
John Dore 504
Elizabeth Dore 444
George Dore 441
James Dore 427
Sarah Dore 341
Charles Dore 288
Thomas Dore 275
Ann Dore 253
Henry Dore 206
Eliza Dore 200
Jane Dore 195
Joseph Dore 182
Ellen Dore 175
Alice Dore 166
Emily Dore 153
Alfred Dore 149
Annie Dore 144
Emma Dore 142
Arthur Dore 136
Florence Dore 131
Robert Dore 130
Edward Dore 127
Frederick Dore 127

Dore Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dear 25% 16,821
2 Dore 100% 11,916
3 Dare 75% 10,751
4 Deer 25% 3,890
5 Adair 20% 2,426
6 Deere 60% 1,349
7 Deare 60% 1,254
8 Door 50% 1,080
9 Doar 50% 1,066
10 Dorr 75% 853
11 Doore 80% 778
12 Doree 80% 583
13 Dier 25% 520
14 Doer 50% 342
15 Dure 75% 334
16 Daire 60% 285
17 Dora 75% 251
18 Duro 50% 246
19 Durie 60% 242
20 Deire 60% 236
21 Eader 20% 221
22 Eder 25% 212
23 Dair 25% 211
24 Daur 25% 199
25 Duroe 60% 167
26 Duer 25% 163
27 Adare 60% 154
28 Audoire 57% 119
29 Dire 75% 113
30 Daer 25% 109
31 Ader 25% 108
32 Darie 60% 106
33 Dere 75% 106
34 Daere 60% 102

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The surname Dore is the 2nd most popular variant of Dear.

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