Yore 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 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 6
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 2
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 10
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Yore Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Yore family

Profession Census Frequency
Coal Miner 2
Scholar 2
Dress Maker 1
Traveller Commercial 1
Cotton Winder 1
Shirt Maker 1
Blacksmith 1
Carter 1
Farmer Of 60 Acres Employing 1 Man & 1 Boy 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Yore

Name Census Frequency
Mary Yore 20
Elizabeth Yore 10
Alice Yore 9
John Yore 8
Matthew Yore 7
Lawrence Yore 6
Thomas Yore 6
Ann Yore 5
James Yore 5
Peter Yore 5
William Yore 5
Catherine Yore 3
Margaret Yore 3
Michael Yore 3
Anne Yore 2
Bridget Yore 2
Charles Yore 2
Gerald Yore 2
Henry Yore 2
Joseph Yore 2
Maria Yore 2
Michal Yore 2
Patrick Yore 2
Rosalie Yore 2
Laurance Yore 1

Yore Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Eyre 50% 25,456
2 Ayre 50% 12,314
3 Ayer 25% 1,077
4 Yare 75% 830
5 Eyer 25% 477
6 Year 25% 205
7 Yore 100% 156

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The surname Yore is the 7th most popular variant of Eyre.

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