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 15
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 11
Cheshire 37
Cornwall 41
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 37
Devon 855
Dorset 28
Durham 12
Essex 54
Gloucestershire 53
Hampshire 51
Herefordshire 3
Hertfordshire 16
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 1
Kent 122
Lancashire 80
Leicestershire 17
Lincolnshire 23
London 633
Middlesex 48
Northumberland 11
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 6
Nottinghamshire 39
Oxfordshire 4
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 2
Somerset 65
Surrey 394
Sussex 416
Staffordshire 19
Warwickshire 31
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 13
Worcestershire 10
Yorkshire 210

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 6
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 30
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 12
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Steer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Steer family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 564
Agricultural Labourer 52
General Labourer 40
Dress Maker 38
Domestic Servant 34
Laundress 31
Blacksmith 26
Farm Labourer 26
Carpenter 25
Living On Own Means 24
Farmer 22
General Servant 21
General Servant Domestic 20
Coal Miner 20
Gardener 18
General Domestic Servant 18
House Keeper 16
Labourer 16
Fisherman 15
Dressmaker 14
Cook Domestic Servant 13
Living On Her Own Means 12
Errand Boy 11
Farm Servant 10
Butcher 10

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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