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 11
Buckinghamshire 1
Berkshire 28
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 14
Cheshire 25
Cornwall 61
Cumberland 4
Derbyshire 36
Devon 911
Dorset 35
Durham 23
Essex 34
Gloucestershire 47
Hampshire 70
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 8
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 2
Isle of Man 0
Kent 140
Lancashire 69
Leicestershire 11
Lincolnshire 36
London 612
Middlesex 42
Northumberland 7
Norfolk 3
Northamptonshire 8
Nottinghamshire 32
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 2
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 3
Somerset 68
Surrey 385
Sussex 431
Staffordshire 8
Warwickshire 15
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 18
Yorkshire 181

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 8
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 6
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 13
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 51
Merionethshire 1
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 12
Pembrokeshire 3
Radnorshire 0

Steer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Steer family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 702
Agricultural Labourer 90
Dress Maker 44
Carpenter 38
Domestic Servant 35
General Servant 32
General Labourer 30
Laundress 23
Gardener 22
Fisherman 20
Labourer 18
Farm Labourer 17
Annuitant 17
General Servant Domestic 14
Servant 14
Blacksmith 13
Bricklayer 13
House Keeper 12
Painter 12
Wheelwright 11
Joiner 10
Farmers Son 10
Cabinet Maker 9
Clerk 9
Cook Domestic Servant 9

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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