Gore Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 67
Buckinghamshire 2
Berkshire 45
Cambridgeshire 27
Channel Islands 10
Cheshire 35
Cornwall 12
Cumberland 2
Derbyshire 30
Devon 70
Dorset 9
Durham 27
Essex 45
Gloucestershire 89
Hampshire 31
Herefordshire 35
Hertfordshire 7
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 35
Isle of Man 10
Kent 242
Lancashire 1,213
Leicestershire 17
Lincolnshire 5
London 592
Middlesex 58
Northumberland 6
Norfolk 103
Northamptonshire 34
Nottinghamshire 56
Oxfordshire 20
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 35
Shropshire 13
Suffolk 2
Somerset 83
Surrey 42
Sussex 32
Staffordshire 36
Warwickshire 42
Westmorland 7
Wiltshire 95
Worcestershire 23
Yorkshire 134

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 17
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 4
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 41
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 22
Pembrokeshire 2
Radnorshire 0

Gore Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gore family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 625
Coal Miner 81
Agricultural Labourer 45
General Labourer 45
Dress Maker 32
Cotton Weaver 32
Laundress 29
Domestic Servant 27
Farmer 26
Living On Her Own Means 25
Farm Labourer 21
Gardener 21
Living On Own Means 20
General Servant 19
Labourer 19
General Servant Domestic 16
Blacksmith 14
House Keeper 11
Joiner 11
Errand Boy 10
Charwoman 10
Grocer 10
Cotton Spinner 10
Cotton Operative 9
Dock Labourer 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Gore

Name Census Frequency
Mary Gore 1,671
William Gore 1,635
John Gore 1,447
Elizabeth Gore 1,134
Thomas Gore 1,061
James Gore 1,057
George Gore 774
Sarah Gore 730
Ellen Gore 582
Henry Gore 523
Alice Gore 515
Margaret Gore 467
Jane Gore 449
Ann Gore 435
Robert Gore 413
Charles Gore 406
Joseph Gore 396
Richard Gore 324
Eliza Gore 298
Frederick Gore 265
Annie Gore 264
Arthur Gore 253
Emma Gore 245
Emily Gore 242
Edward Gore 223

Gore Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gore 100% 24,589
2 Ager 25% 9,321
3 Agar 25% 9,302
4 Gear 25% 7,636
5 Eager 20% 3,683
6 Gair 25% 3,141
7 Geer 25% 3,107
8 Gare 75% 2,904
9 Auger 20% 2,235
10 Ogier 20% 1,677
11 Geere 60% 1,499
12 Guire 60% 1,396
13 Egar 25% 889
14 Goore 80% 552
15 Augur 20% 545
16 Augar 20% 539
17 Eagar 20% 404
18 Geare 60% 349
19 Gier 25% 321
20 Gara 50% 313
21 Ogara 40% 301
22 Gree 50% 271
23 Goer 50% 245
24 Geear 20% 230
25 Goor 50% 195
26 Eger 25% 189
27 Egre 50% 181
28 Oger 25% 169
29 Agre 50% 124
30 Gorr 75% 121
31 Gire 75% 110
32 Gar 50% 101

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

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