# Squire (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/squire/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,349 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,363 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 57,720 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.3% (5,082 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Squire in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 67% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 26% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Squire in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Squire

- Watson C. Squire, American politician (Republican) (1838–1926)
- Larry R. Squire, American psychologist
- Ronald Squire, British actor (1886-1958)

## Similar surnames

Sequeira, Squier, Square, Shire, Suri, Suire, Sawyer, Sierra, Sauer, Soria, Shore, Sayre.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.