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 3
Berkshire 32
Cambridgeshire 3
Channel Islands 9
Cheshire 25
Cornwall 52
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 43
Devon 935
Dorset 33
Durham 28
Essex 84
Gloucestershire 60
Hampshire 96
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 17
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 170
Lancashire 87
Leicestershire 25
Lincolnshire 52
London 806
Middlesex 85
Northumberland 4
Norfolk 6
Northamptonshire 6
Nottinghamshire 37
Oxfordshire 5
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 5
Somerset 64
Surrey 523
Sussex 370
Staffordshire 10
Warwickshire 28
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 7
Worcestershire 6
Yorkshire 292

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 6
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 13
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 110
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 18
Pembrokeshire 6
Radnorshire 0

Steer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Steer family

Profession Census Frequency
Living On Own Means 52
Dress Maker 40
General Labourer 40
Scholar 36
General Servant Domestic 33
Cook Domestic 31
Farmer 26
Carpenter 24
Housemaid Domestic 24
Blacksmith 21
Bricklayer 18
Fisherman 17
Domestic Servant 16
Gardener 16
Gardener Domestic 16
Laundress Wash 16
At School 12
Dressmaker 12
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 12
Grocer 11
House Keeper Domestic 11
House Maid Domestic 11
Labourer 11
Plumber 11
Coachman Domestic 11

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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