Squiers Surname

434,504th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 791 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Squiers Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an official title. 'the esquire,' an attendant upon a knight, a shield-bearer. Squires is the genitive form; compare Brooks, Williams, Tompkins, &c.

John le Squier, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

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Squiers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7191:504,11542,358
Australia411:658,43245,385
England231:2,422,52489,093
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England261:937,51438,808
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3531:142,26313,367

Squiers Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an official title. 'the esquire,' an attendant upon a knight, a shield-bearer. Squires is the genitive form; compare Brooks, Williams, Tompkins, &c.

John le Squier, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

William Squier, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

Thomas le Esquier, Close Rolls, 33 Henry III.

Thomas Squier, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Agnes Squier, 1379: ibid.

Walter le Squier, c. 1300. Writs of Parliament.

Squire, like Marquis, Duke, Earl, &c, has become a favourite fontname among the 'lower orders' in Yorkshire; v. Duke for an explanation.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Squeer’s, Squier’s, Squire’s (Son).

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Squiers Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Squiers Come From? nationality or country of origin

Squiers occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Squiers? popularity and diffusion

The surname Squiers is the 434,504th most common last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 9,213,080 people. Squiers is predominantly found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Squiers are found; 91 percent are found in North America and 91 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 719 people, or 1 in 504,115. In The United States Squiers is most numerous in: Texas, where 17 percent live, Iowa, where 11 percent live and Michigan, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 5 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.

Squiers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Squiers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Squiers last name expanded 204 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 12 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Squiers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Squiers surname are 11.09% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.86% being registered with the political party.

The amount Squiers earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.46% more than the national average, earning $44,641 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.8% less than the national average, earning $47,797 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Squers924/
Squirs923/
Sqiers922/
Squyers8636/
Squairs8623/
Squeers861/
Squiors860/
Squirrs860/
Squeirs860/
Sqwiers860/
Squoirs860/
Skiers7763/
Skuers771/
Schiers71217/
Skwiers7116/
Skiersz716/
Squirch710/
Skers67240/
Skiersch6728/
Schiersch63187/
Skyers621,442/
Skeers62285/
Skierś62227/
Skears6283/
Skerse6220/
Schirs6213/
Skwers628/
Skerst627/
Scgers623/
Skersė621/
Scheirs57349/
Schears5789/
Shchers5711/
Skjerså577/
Shkerst574/
Skyersd571/
Schersch5342/
Schirsch5316/
Skyrs502/

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