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There are approximately 3,229 people named Warr in the UK. That makes it the 3,092nd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 51 are named Warr.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English


Related and similar surnames

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Wahr
Wair
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Waire
Wara
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Waer
Warf
Ward
Warg
Waere
Wahre
Waree
Waare
Wari
Waehre
Waorr
Warh
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Warez
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Waires
Waar

The Warr surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

WARR. WARRE. War appears to be an obsolete topographical word, of uncertain meaning. It was formerly prefixed by the particles De la, as in the ancient family De la AVarr, whose heiress married, in the XV. cent., West, the lineal ancestor of the Earl De la Warr.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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