Officer Family History

Officer Surname Meaning

Scottish and English: occupational name from Older Scots officiar Middle English officer ‘servant retainer’ and ‘officer’ in any of various senses. A kirk officiar in Scotland was an ‘officer charged with keeping order in the church and with enforcing church discipline in the parish’ or ‘beadle or church-servant’.

In both Scotland and England the word officer was also used to denote the manager of an estate. English: perhaps a shortened form of Old French orfroisier Anglo-Norman French Middle English orfreiser ‘maker of orphrey (gold-thread embroidery)’.

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Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Offer, Filer, Offner, Origer, Oliver, Flicker, Feiner, Finer, Hoffner, Pfeiler

17K	Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
59K	Military Records
2K	Immigration Records
41K	Census and Voter Lists
49K	Member Trees

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Where is the Officer family from?

You can see how Officer families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Officer family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Officer families were found in USA in 1880. In 1911 there were 11 Officer families living in Ontario. This was about 46% of all the recorded Officer's in Canada. Ontario had the highest population of Officer families in 1911.

Use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Officer surname lived. Within census records, you can often find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, and occupations.

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What did your Officer ancestors do for a living?

In 1921, Farmer was the top reported job for people in the Canada named Officer.

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Farmer

56%

Retired

23%

Porter

23%

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Census Record

There are 41K census records available for the last name Officer. Like a window into their day-to-day life, Officer census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked, their level of education, veteran status, and more.

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Passenger List

There are 2K immigration records available for the last name Officer. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in Canada, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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Military Records

There are 59K military records available for the last name Officer. For the veterans among your Officer ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Officer lifespan?

Between 1956 and 2004, in the United States, Officer life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1962, and highest in 2004. The average life expectancy for Officer in 1956 was 68, and 88 in 2004.

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Officer Surname Meaning

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Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Where is the Officer family from?

What did your Officer ancestors do for a living?

In 1921, Farmer was the top reported job for people in the Canada named Officer.

Data not to scale

We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Farmer

56%

Retired

23%

Porter

23%

What Officer family records will you find?

What is the average Officer lifespan?

Between 1956 and 2004, in the United States, Officer life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1962, and highest in 2004. The average life expectancy for Officer in 1956 was 68, and 88 in 2004.

Officer Family History

Officer Surname Meaning

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What did your Officer ancestors do for a living?

Top Male Occupations In 1921

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Passenger List

Military Records

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What is the average Officer lifespan?

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