Swyer Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Swyer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Swyer family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 32
Agricultural Labourer 18
Laundress 3
Farm Labourer 2
General Servant Domestic 2
General Servant 2
Wife Of Above 2
Milliner 2
No Occupation 2
Porter 2
Agricultural Labourer's Wife 2
Retired Gardener 1
Shoe Business 1
Staff Corporal Milliner 1
Police Constable 1
Police Constables Wife 1
Laborer Bricklayer 1
Thoeing Smith 1
Agricultural Laborer 1
Domestic 1
Farm Boy 1
Fly Man 1
Labourer 1
Servant Out Of Employ 1
Wheel Wright 1

Swyer Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Sawyer 83% 41,332
2 Swyer 100% 1,575
3 Swayer 83% 184
4 Sawayer 71% 143

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The surname Swyer is the 2nd most popular variant of Sawyer.

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