Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
WARR
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
WarWahr
Wair
Ware
Waire
Wara
Wares
Waara
Waer
Warf
Ward
Warg
Waere
Wahre
Waree
Waare
Wari
Waehre
Waorr
Warh
Wargh
Waerz
Warez
Wairs
Warea
Warie
Waira
Wairi
Wahra
Wahro
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.