Steer 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 2
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 9
Cheshire 7
Cornwall 72
Cumberland 5
Derbyshire 26
Devon 688
Dorset 17
Durham 9
Essex 16
Gloucestershire 13
Hampshire 41
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 17
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 93
Lancashire 31
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 29
London 319
Middlesex 24
Northumberland 9
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 16
Nottinghamshire 12
Oxfordshire 12
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 8
Somerset 62
Surrey 299
Sussex 291
Staffordshire 12
Warwickshire 28
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 10
Worcestershire 5
Yorkshire 120

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 2
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 10
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Steer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Steer family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 374
Agricultural Labourer 123
Labourer 35
Dress Maker 31
Carpenter 27
Carter 25
House Servant 24
Laundress 22
Blacksmith 22
Servant 17
Cook 16
General Servant 14
House Maid 13
Gardener 13
Farmer's Daughter 10
Tailor 10
Domestic Servant 9
Mason 8
Shoe Maker 8
Fisherman 8
Brick Layer 8
Fishermans Wife 7
Lime Burner 7
School Mistress 6
Groom 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Steer

Name Census Frequency
William Steer 1,859
Mary Steer 1,566
John Steer 1,425
George Steer 1,109
Elizabeth Steer 1,080
James Steer 845
Thomas Steer 793
Sarah Steer 699
Henry Steer 573
Charles Steer 530
Jane Steer 488
Ann Steer 460
Eliza Steer 428
Emma Steer 384
Alice Steer 378
Ellen Steer 378
Emily Steer 333
Annie Steer 319
Joseph Steer 307
Alfred Steer 303
Frederick Steer 303
Richard Steer 276
Edward Steer 237
Florence Steer 235
Albert Steer 230

Steer Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Steer 100% 25,919
2 Easter 50% 10,168
3 Suter 60% 6,430
4 Souter 50% 4,908
5 Star 60% 2,594
6 Store 40% 1,928
7 Stear 80% 1,732
8 Steere 83% 960
9 Stour 60% 940
10 Auster 50% 747
11 Seater 50% 712
12 Stair 60% 603
13 Soutar 33% 507
14 Sutor 40% 491
15 Stare 40% 476
16 Ester 60% 445
17 Aster 60% 411
18 Oster 60% 308
19 Sater 60% 306
20 Sture 40% 233
21 Storie 33% 226
22 Seatree 43% 192
23 Sterr 80% 156
24 Stier 80% 144
25 Starie 33% 134
26 Stoor 60% 132
27 Stur 60% 132
28 Suiter 50% 127
29 Sauter 50% 122

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

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