Burr Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 118
Buckinghamshire 20
Berkshire 1
Cambridgeshire 24
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 13
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 7
Derbyshire 2
Devon 10
Dorset 21
Durham 17
Essex 116
Gloucestershire 25
Hampshire 20
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 98
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 6
Isle of Man 1
Kent 347
Lancashire 52
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 67
London 516
Middlesex 122
Northumberland 2
Norfolk 17
Northamptonshire 15
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 6
Shropshire 18
Suffolk 5
Somerset 69
Surrey 58
Sussex 44
Staffordshire 14
Warwickshire 63
Westmorland 5
Wiltshire 17
Worcestershire 6
Yorkshire 85

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 2
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 4
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 18
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Burr Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Burr family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 387
Agricultural Labourer 93
Labourer 28
Laundress 27
General Labourer 26
Farm Labourer 24
Domestic Servant 22
Dress Maker 21
Straw Plaiter 14
General Servant 13
Annuitant 12
Lacemaker 9
General Servant Domestic 8
Carpenter 7
Gardener 7
No Occupation 7
Carman 6
Cook Domestic Servant 6
General Domestic Servant 6
Servant Domestic 6
Tailoress 6
Wheelwright 6
Servant 5
Bricklayer 5
Farm Servant Indoor 5

Most Frequent Forenames for Burr

Name Census Frequency
William Burr 942
Mary Burr 757
John Burr 723
George Burr 633
Elizabeth Burr 590
Thomas Burr 469
James Burr 450
Sarah Burr 448
Henry Burr 390
Charles Burr 352
Ann Burr 332
Eliza Burr 252
Alfred Burr 248
Ellen Burr 226
Frederick Burr 220
Alice Burr 209
Edward Burr 208
Joseph Burr 208
Emma Burr 205
Robert Burr 204
Annie Burr 203
Jane Burr 200
Walter Burr 190
Arthur Burr 180
Emily Burr 177

Burr Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Beer 50% 37,090
2 Barr 75% 21,963
3 Burr 100% 15,520
4 Brier 40% 4,428
5 Brear 40% 3,583
6 Boorer 50% 2,133
7 Borer 60% 1,989
8 Barrie 50% 1,864
9 Boarer 50% 864
10 Bourer 67% 475
11 Breare 33% 446
12 Bearer 50% 430
13 Briar 40% 356
14 Burree 67% 345
15 Berrie 50% 320
16 Berr 75% 296
17 Barer 60% 248
18 Barre 60% 211
19 Bur 75% 197
20 Burra 80% 172
21 Borrie 50% 162
22 Bruer 60% 101

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The surname Burr is the 3rd most popular variant of Beer.

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