Squires Surname

14,646th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38,029 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Barbados

Squires 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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Squires Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States19,2641:18,8152,365
England8,3641:6,662961
Canada4,3361:8,4981,264
Australia3,6321:7,4331,098
Wales3591:8,620954
South Africa3371:160,76518,041
New Zealand3361:13,4772,333
Barbados2461:1,168270
Trinidad and Tobago2111:6,464984
Scotland1771:30,2483,130
Guyana1221:6,2481,073
Panama1081:36,2251,986
Ireland771:61,1554,068
Thailand541:1,308,118185,513
Spain451:1,038,93438,115
Brazil391:5,489,085137,424
United Arab Emirates361:254,50817,423
France351:1,897,792163,564
Zimbabwe271:571,78744,609
Northern Ireland261:70,9635,105
Isle of Man221:3,901846
Philippines161:6,327,389184,366
Jamaica131:220,7656,223
Saint Lucia111:16,2531,328
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Cuba81:1,440,3407,824
Turks and Caicos Islands81:4,291379
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines31:37,5531,173
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
China21:683,660,78330,601
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Guam11:160,1214,893
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Belize11:355,4743,977
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Macau11:601,6301,582
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha11:5,854177
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland341:130,2907,484
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,1491:5,875895
Wales731:21,4851,237
Scotland191:197,0117,414
Isle of Man41:13,5671,192
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,4131:11,3801,480

Squires (53) may also be a first name.

Squires 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

(English) A young man of gentle birth attendant upon a knight.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Squires Last Name Facts

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

Squires has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Squires.

How Common Is The Last Name Squires? popularity and diffusion

Squires is the 14,646th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 191,631 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Squires reside; 62 percent reside in North America and 62 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Squires is also the 1,366,219th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 53 people.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 19,264 people, or 1 in 18,815. In The United States Squires is most prevalent in: California, where 8 percent live, New York, where 7 percent live and North Carolina, where 6 percent live. Apart from The United States Squires exists in 72 countries. It is also found in England, where 22 percent live and Canada, where 11 percent live.

Squires Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Squires has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Squires last name increased 437 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 202 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 492 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 932 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 226 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Squires Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Squires surname is primarily Anglican (35%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Squires last name are 13.72% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.49% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Squires earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 27.05% more than the national average, earning R 301,920 per year; in United States they earn 2.55% more than the national average, earning $44,249 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.03% less than the national average, earning $49,670 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Squaires9332/
Squirres937/
Squire's934/
Squieres932/
Sqquires931/
Shquires931/
Squire9231,005/
Sqires926/
Squyres861,350/
Squirea8690/
Squaire8677/
Squirre864/
Squiere862/
Squiree862/
Squirie862/
Squiris862/
Sguires861/
Shquire861/
Sqaires861/
Scuires861/
Squirec861/
Squirez860/
Squired860/
Squirey860/
Squirer860/
Sqire834/
Squiri7745/
Scures7710/
Sqyres774/
Skuire774/
Skires773/
Sguire772/
Squere772/
Squira771/
Sqiris770/
Squairrie751/
Schires71151/
Skieres7162/
Squiric7139/
Squirra7138/
Squieri7131/
Squeira7120/
Squiera717/
Scwires712/
Shqaire712/
Sguirre711/
Scaires711/
Sguaire711/
Sqirise710/
Skieresz67256/
Sqiri6727/
Skairies6714/
Scurries677/
Scqueira674/
Shqeireh672/
Skire671/
Skeiries671/
Skwieres671/
Shkirets671/
Sqere670/

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Squires Reference & Research

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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Squires
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