Eyre Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 10
Buckinghamshire 1
Berkshire 33
Cambridgeshire 25
Channel Islands 4
Cheshire 100
Cornwall 17
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 716
Devon 34
Dorset 6
Durham 49
Essex 109
Gloucestershire 28
Hampshire 33
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 12
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 8
Isle of Man 0
Kent 32
Lancashire 468
Leicestershire 49
Lincolnshire 177
London 468
Middlesex 43
Northumberland 12
Norfolk 26
Northamptonshire 52
Nottinghamshire 410
Oxfordshire 18
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 8
Shropshire 6
Suffolk 10
Somerset 18
Surrey 52
Sussex 30
Staffordshire 215
Warwickshire 115
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 3
Worcestershire 8
Yorkshire 1,429

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 32
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 11
Pembrokeshire 5
Radnorshire 0

Eyre Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Eyre family

Profession Census Frequency
School 445
Coal Miner Hewer 66
Private Means 53
Farmer 32
At Home 27
Labourer 24
General Servant (domestic) 21
None 20
Farm Labourer 20
At School 18
Domestic Servant 18
Dressmaker 18
General Labourer 18
Scholar 17
Assisting In The Business 17
Clerk 15
Cotton Weaver 15
Coal Miner (hewer) 15
House Painter 14
Blacksmith 12
General Servant Domestic 12
Butcher 11
Domestic 11
Machinist 10
Carter 10

Most Frequent Forenames for Eyre

Name Census Frequency
Mary Eyre 1,781
John Eyre 1,560
William Eyre 1,450
George Eyre 1,209
Elizabeth Eyre 1,078
Sarah Eyre 935
Thomas Eyre 848
Ann Eyre 654
James Eyre 488
Charles Eyre 468
Joseph Eyre 453
Henry Eyre 418
Eliza Eyre 370
Samuel Eyre 370
Annie Eyre 355
Jane Eyre 350
Hannah Eyre 349
Alice Eyre 336
Ellen Eyre 329
Emma Eyre 297
Arthur Eyre 293
Martha Eyre 283
Robert Eyre 277
Edward Eyre 260
Frederick Eyre 224

Eyre Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Eyre 100% 25,456
2 Ayre 75% 12,314
3 Ayer 25% 1,077
4 Heir 25% 1,016
5 Yare 50% 830
6 Air 25% 714
7 Eyer 50% 477
8 Aire 50% 220
9 Year 25% 205
10 Yore 50% 156

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

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