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 112
Buckinghamshire 2
Berkshire 89
Cambridgeshire 58
Channel Islands 4
Cheshire 111
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 9
Derbyshire 36
Devon 29
Dorset 11
Durham 36
Essex 168
Gloucestershire 180
Hampshire 39
Herefordshire 34
Hertfordshire 7
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 17
Isle of Man 5
Kent 372
Lancashire 1,524
Leicestershire 16
Lincolnshire 4
London 681
Middlesex 137
Northumberland 44
Norfolk 109
Northamptonshire 80
Nottinghamshire 73
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 17
Shropshire 13
Suffolk 5
Somerset 92
Surrey 92
Sussex 35
Staffordshire 29
Warwickshire 58
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 88
Worcestershire 45
Yorkshire 150

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 47
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 2
Denbighshire 2
Flintshire 2
Glamorgan 123
Merionethshire 2
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 83
Pembrokeshire 7
Radnorshire 7

Gore Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gore family

Profession Census Frequency
School 513
Coal Miner Hewer 50
Private Means 45
Farm Labourer 39
Labourer 31
Dressmaker 25
General Labourer 25
General Servant (domestic) 22
Farmer 22
Cotton Weaver 20
At Home 19
Domestic Servant 18
At School 18
None 17
Clerk 15
Charwoman 13
Assisting In The Business 13
Carter 13
Housekeeper 13
Laundress 12
Domestic 11
Weaver 11
Dock Labourer 10
House Keeper 10
Coal Miner (hewer) 10

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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