Brights 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 2
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 12
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 16
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Brights Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Brights family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 8
Blacksmith 2
Custom Office Retired 1
Railway Clerk 1
Servant 1
Solicitor 1
Solicitor General Clerk 1
Tea Merchant Clerk 1
O Seaman 1
Domestic Servant 1
Farm Labourer 1
Wife Of Seaman 1
General Labourer 1
Mariner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Brights

Name Census Frequency
John Brights 14
Charles Brights 11
Mary Brights 11
Elizabeth Brights 10
Thomas Brights 10
William Brights 10
Ann Brights 8
Jane Brights 7
Sarah Brights 7
George Brights 6
Henry Brights 5
Maria Brights 5
Edward Brights 4
James Brights 4
Samuel Brights 4
Alfred Brights 3
Alice Brights 3
Ellen Brights 3
Joseph Brights 3
Fanny Brights 2
Florence Brights 2
Frances Brights 2
Hannah Brights 2
Louisa Brights 2
Marian Brights 2

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