Bross 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 2
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 9
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland 0
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 0
Somerset 6
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

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

Bross Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bross family

Profession Census Frequency
Ag Lab 2
Female Servant 2
Book Maker 1
Miller 1
Lab 1
Baker 1
Publican 1
Butcher 1
Male Servant 1
Washerwoman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Bross

Name Census Frequency
William Bross 19
John Bross 15
Mary Bross 15
Thomas Bross 8
Henry Bross 7
James Bross 7
Sarah Bross 6
Elizabeth Bross 5
Frederick Bross 5
George Bross 5
Margaret Bross 5
Maria Bross 5
Richard Bross 5
Robert Bross 5
Edward Bross 4
Ellen Bross 4
Ann Bross 3
Arthur Bross 3
Charles Bross 3
Edith Bross 3
Fanny Bross 3
Hannah Bross 3
Mabel Bross 3
Martha Bross 3
Ada Bross 2

Bross Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Brass 80% 4,407
2 Bross 100% 234
3 Briss 80% 185
4 Barss 60% 154
5 Bress 80% 145
6 Bauress 57% 143
7 Birss 60% 115
8 Brissue 57% 113

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The surname Bross is the 2nd most popular variant of Brass.

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