Brayer Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 6
Gloucestershire 20
Hampshire 6
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 2
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 0
Somerset 5
Surrey 0
Sussex 3
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Brayer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Brayer family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 5
Female Servant 4
Agricultural Labourer 1
Cap Maker 1
Surgeon 1
Printer Joiner 1
Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Brayer

Name Census Frequency
William Brayer 29
Mary Brayer 28
John Brayer 21
Elizabeth Brayer 17
George Brayer 15
James Brayer 15
Thomas Brayer 13
Jane Brayer 12
Sarah Brayer 11
Richard Brayer 10
Charles Brayer 9
Eliza Brayer 9
Henry Brayer 8
Joseph Brayer 8
Edward Brayer 7
Ellen Brayer 7
Martha Brayer 7
Emma Brayer 6
Frederick Brayer 6
Ann Brayer 5
Emily Brayer 5
Margaret Brayer 5
Samuel Brayer 5
Albert Brayer 4
Caroline Brayer 4

Brayer Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bryer 83% 3,816
2 Bryar 67% 493
3 Brayer 100% 415
4 Brayier 86% 117
5 Boryer 67% 104

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The surname Brayer is the 3rd most popular variant of Bryer.

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