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 found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Esquire click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Esquire? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 449,465th most widely held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 9,626,877 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Esquire are found; 53 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Esquire is also the 951,070th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 99 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 400 people, or 1 in 442,857. In Nigeria Esquire is most frequent in: Delta, where 71 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 10 percent are found and Edo, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 26 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.
Esquire Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Esquire has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the 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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Footnotes
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