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 13
Buckinghamshire 13
Berkshire 29
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 11
Cheshire 41
Cornwall 99
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 54
Devon 1,019
Dorset 31
Durham 25
Essex 123
Gloucestershire 62
Hampshire 142
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 33
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 2
Kent 206
Lancashire 104
Leicestershire 37
Lincolnshire 51
London 800
Middlesex 176
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 22
Northamptonshire 5
Nottinghamshire 36
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 9
Somerset 100
Surrey 696
Sussex 412
Staffordshire 23
Warwickshire 44
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 20
Worcestershire 21
Yorkshire 358

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 10
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 4
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 4
Glamorgan 142
Merionethshire 1
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 32
Pembrokeshire 9
Radnorshire 0

Steer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Steer family

Profession Census Frequency
School 471
General Servant (domestic) 38
General Labourer 36
Farm Labourer 32
Carpenter 31
Dressmaker 31
Farmer 29
Shop Assistant 28
Domestic Servant 25
Private Means 25
Labourer 24
Bricklayer 22
House Painter 20
Blacksmith 16
Carman 15
Cook (domestic) 15
None 15
Fisherman 15
Dress Maker 14
Errand Boy 14
General Servant Domestic 14
Housemaid (domestic) 14
Clerk 13
Housekeeper 13
Scholar 13

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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