Esquire Surname
Approximately 757 people bear this surname
Esquire Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an official title, 'armiger,' an armour-bearer, a squire. This became Arminger, just as Potager became Pottinger, and Messager Messinger. Thus 'n' is intrusive.
Radulphus Normanill and Alicia uxor ejus, armiger, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Read More About This SurnameEsquire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 400 | 1:442,857 | 22,710 |
| South Africa | 158 | 1:342,897 | 31,680 |
| United States | 59 | 1:6,143,372 | 295,589 |
| Israel | 55 | 1:155,593 | 16,202 |
| Uruguay | 35 | 1:98,050 | 9,677 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
Esquire (99) may also be a first name.
Esquire Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an official title, 'armiger,' an armour-bearer, a squire. This became Arminger, just as Potager became Pottinger, and Messager Messinger. Thus 'n' is intrusive.
Radulphus Normanill and Alicia uxor ejus, armiger, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Thomas Armiger. Calendarium Rotulorum Patentium in Turri Londinensi.
Nicholas Armiger. Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum in Turri Londinesi.
Geofthe French Arminger, temp. Elizabeth: Calendar of Proceedings in Chancery, temp. Elizabeth I.
Robert Amiger, ibid.
Thomas Armiger, of Beaconsthorp, Norfolk, 1573: History of Norfolk.
1634. Edward Armiger and Alse Budsdell: Marriage Lic. (London).
1746. Married — Robert Armiger and Elizabeth Bunbury: St. George, Hanover Square.
Latin armiffer, an esquire, the next in degree to a knight. The upper servants of an abbey were also called Armigeri.
Esquire: The place of shield-bearer and attendant on a noble or knight was much sought after by the sons of men in good position, as it was an admirable apprenticeship for war. By the time of Henry VI. the word was adopted by the heirs of gentle houses. From it come our Squires, Squeers of Dotheboys Hall, and Swiers. These names were acquired by such as did not proceed to knighthood.
Esquire Demographics
Average Male Esquire Height
176.33 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Esquire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Esquire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Esquire (Tibetan: ཨིས་ཀོ་ཡེར་ཨོ་བི་ཨི་) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Esquire? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 449,465th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 9,626,877 people. Esquire is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Esquire live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 951,070th most numerous given name throughout the world, borne by 99 people.
The surname Esquire is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 400 people, or 1 in 442,857. In Nigeria Esquire is mostly found in: Delta, where 71 percent live, Bayelsa, where 10 percent live and Edo, where 6 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 26 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 21 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.
Esquire Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Esquire has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Esquire surname rose 281 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Esquire Last Name Statistics demography
Esquire earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.36% less than the national average, earning R 94,200 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Esquire Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Esquire in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨིས་ཀོ་ཡེར་ཨོ་བི་ཨི་ | ikoyerobii | - |
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Esquire Reference & Research
Squires DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Squires FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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