Squire Surname
Approximately 31,005 people bear this surname
Squire 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.
Read More About This SurnameSquire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | 8,757 | 1:810 | 153 |
| United States | 7,346 | 1:49,341 | 5,982 |
| England | 5,441 | 1:10,240 | 1,513 |
| Ghana | 2,494 | 1:10,834 | 1,450 |
| Australia | 2,150 | 1:12,556 | 1,831 |
| Canada | 1,341 | 1:27,476 | 3,650 |
| Israel | 928 | 1:9,222 | 1,424 |
| New Zealand | 557 | 1:8,130 | 1,384 |
| South Africa | 514 | 1:105,404 | 12,740 |
| Jamaica | 450 | 1:6,378 | 794 |
| Wales | 359 | 1:8,620 | 954 |
| Scotland | 147 | 1:36,421 | 3,532 |
| Argentina | 142 | 1:301,010 | 24,024 |
| Ireland | 44 | 1:107,021 | 5,562 |
| Thailand | 42 | 1:1,681,865 | 216,672 |
| Spain | 27 | 1:1,731,557 | 49,506 |
| Zimbabwe | 25 | 1:617,530 | 46,943 |
| Switzerland | 24 | 1:342,205 | 26,446 |
| Belgium | 24 | 1:479,027 | 47,365 |
| Panama | 15 | 1:260,817 | 6,584 |
| Liberia | 13 | 1:339,118 | 18,650 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Isle of Man | 6 | 1:14,304 | 3,169 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Cayman Islands | 5 | 1:12,779 | 1,374 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Brunei | 2 | 1:209,366 | 3,098 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 20 | 1:221,493 | 10,092 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,411 | 1:7,146 | 1,106 |
| Wales | 93 | 1:16,865 | 1,002 |
| Scotland | 58 | 1:64,538 | 3,942 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,885 | 1:26,641 | 3,279 |
Squire (521) may also be a first name.
Squire 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.
(Anglo-French-Latin) Squire, Knight’s Attendant; lit. Shield-Bearer [Middle English squier, squyer, Old French escuier, escuyer (French écuyer), a squire; from Low Latin scutarius, a shield-bearer; Latin scutum, a shield] John le Squier.—Hundred Rolls A Knyght ther was . . .
With hym ther was his sone, a yong Squier.—Chaucer, Cant. Tales, A 43, 79.
(English) A young man of gentle birth attendant upon a knight.
The attendant of a knight; also a chief servitor or messenger of an Abbey. Chron. Battel Abbey, p. 217. See Arminger.
From the French, Esquier; a personal name John le Squier in Rotuli de Oblatis et Finibus, King John Also a Huguenot name.
Squire is a numerous name in Barnstaple and its neighbourhood. The mayors of that town in 1353 and 1471 bore this name (G.).
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Squire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Squire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Squire occurs in Sierra Leone more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Squire click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Squire? popularity and diffusion
It is the 17,825th most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 235,044 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 38 percent of Squire reside; 36 percent reside in West Africa and 36 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 369,942nd most widely held given name world-wide, held by 521 people.
The last name is most frequent in Sierra Leone, where it is carried by 8,757 people, or 1 in 810. Aside from Sierra Leone this surname occurs in 72 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 24 percent are found and England, where 18 percent are found.
Squire Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Squire has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 390 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 160 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 386 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 253 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 220 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Squire Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Squire surname is chiefly Anglican (45%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Squire surname are 7.41% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.18% being registered with the political party.
The amount Squire earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 7.45% more than the national average, earning R 255,336 per year; in United States they earn 2.78% more than the national average, earning $44,349 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.8% more than the national average, earning $50,081 CAD per year.
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Squire 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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