Eager 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 4
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 7
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 10
Derbyshire 3
Devon 9
Dorset 0
Durham 12
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 37
Hampshire 6
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 14
Lancashire 48
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 4
London 147
Middlesex 2
Northumberland 2
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 2
Nottinghamshire 2
Oxfordshire 4
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 4
Somerset 0
Surrey 34
Sussex 116
Staffordshire 10
Warwickshire 18
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 5
Worcestershire 6
Yorkshire 58

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 9
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Eager Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Eager family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 101
General Labourer 10
Laundress 8
Dress Maker 6
General Servant 5
Grocer 5
Agricultural Labourer 5
Domestic Servant 4
Labourer 4
Coal Miner 4
Living On Own Means 4
Tailor 4
Cook Domestic Servant 4
Cook 3
House Maid Domestic Servant 3
Painter 3
Farmer 3
Worsted Weaver 3
Living On Her Own Means 2
Fish Hawker 2
Light Ship Ruper 2
Apprentice 2
General Servant Domestic 2
Housemaid 2
Little Cutter 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Eager

Name Census Frequency
Mary Eager 240
William Eager 200
John Eager 193
George Eager 141
Elizabeth Eager 139
Sarah Eager 128
James Eager 119
Edward Eager 104
Thomas Eager 100
Ellen Eager 79
Henry Eager 78
Robert Eager 68
Ann Eager 59
Frederick Eager 59
Alice Eager 57
Emily Eager 56
Emma Eager 54
Jane Eager 52
Charles Eager 50
Eliza Eager 49
Joseph Eager 47
Alfred Eager 40
Albert Eager 37
Louisa Eager 37
Richard Eager 37

Eager Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gore 20% 24,589
2 Ager 80% 9,321
3 Agar 60% 9,302
4 Gear 40% 7,636
5 Eager 100% 3,683
6 Gair 40% 3,141
7 Geer 40% 3,107
8 Gare 40% 2,904
9 Auger 60% 2,235
10 Ogier 40% 1,677
11 Geere 20% 1,499
12 Guire 0% 1,396
13 Egar 60% 889
14 Goore 0% 552
15 Augur 40% 545
16 Augar 40% 539
17 Eagar 80% 404
18 Geare 40% 349
19 Gier 40% 321
20 Gara 20% 313
21 Ogara 20% 301
22 Gree 20% 271
23 Goer 40% 245
24 Geear 20% 230
25 Goor 20% 195
26 Eger 80% 189
27 Egre 40% 181
28 Oger 60% 169
29 Agre 40% 124
30 Egger 80% 124
31 Gire 20% 110
32 Gar 40% 101

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The surname Eager is the 5th most popular variant of Gore.

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