Brodie Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 6
Buckinghamshire 7
Berkshire 7
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 36
Cornwall 6
Cumberland 54
Derbyshire 6
Devon 5
Dorset 4
Durham 160
Essex 62
Gloucestershire 24
Hampshire 28
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 64
Lancashire 294
Leicestershire 6
Lincolnshire 3
London 394
Middlesex 126
Northumberland 273
Norfolk 31
Northamptonshire 12
Nottinghamshire 17
Oxfordshire 3
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 3
Surrey 49
Sussex 20
Staffordshire 66
Warwickshire 46
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 2
Worcestershire 18
Yorkshire 201

Wales

Anglesey 2
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 2
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 2
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 15
Merionethshire 1
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 5
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Brodie Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Brodie family

Profession Census Frequency
School 188
Private Means 38
Clerk 18
None 16
Dressmaker 14
Domestic Servant 10
Labourer 10
Coal Miner Hewer 9
General Labourer 8
House Keeper 8
No Occupation 8
Student 7
Cabinet Maker 7
Farmer 7
Shop Assistant 7
House Painter 7
General Servant (domestic) 6
Housekeeper 6
At Home 5
At School 5
Carter 5
Typist 5
Home 5
Watchmaker 5
Florist 4

Most Frequent Forenames for Brodie

Name Census Frequency
John Brodie 561
William Brodie 529
Mary Brodie 514
Elizabeth Brodie 342
James Brodie 337
Margaret Brodie 280
George Brodie 261
Jane Brodie 246
Robert Brodie 221
Sarah Brodie 214
Thomas Brodie 196
Ann Brodie 147
Isabella Brodie 140
Joseph Brodie 136
Annie Brodie 132
Charles Brodie 129
Henry Brodie 102
Frederick Brodie 96
Alexander Brodie 94
Hannah Brodie 82
Alice Brodie 81
Catherine Brodie 81
Ellen Brodie 81
Walter Brodie 77
Eliza Brodie 72

Brodie Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bird 33% 165,277
2 Beard 17% 56,812
3 Broad 50% 28,298
4 Board 33% 11,624
5 Brodie 100% 8,867
6 Baird 17% 8,473
7 Breed 33% 4,282
8 Bard 33% 3,759
9 Bride 67% 3,082
10 Braid 50% 2,991
11 Burd 33% 2,650
12 Brade 67% 2,230
13 Brid 50% 1,867
14 Bord 33% 1,632
15 Brad 50% 1,275
16 Berd 33% 1,008
17 Bread 33% 904
18 Braud 33% 824
19 Bardoe 50% 367
20 Broud 50% 352
21 Brood 50% 348
22 Broadie 86% 311
23 Bradie 83% 269
24 Braide 50% 194
25 Brede 67% 157
26 Bred 50% 153
27 Biard 17% 136
28 Broid 67% 127
29 Brode 83% 119
30 Barid 33% 118
31 Boord 33% 110
32 Broade 67% 104
33 Burde 50% 104
34 Bourd 33% 103

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The surname Brodie is the 5th most popular variant of Bird.

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