Berkeley Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Berkeley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Berkeley family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 37
Living On Own Means 12
House Keeper 4
Dress Maker 4
Coal Miner 3
General Servant 3
Clerk 3
Agricultural Labourer 3
Cloth Worker 2
Commercial Traveller 2
Lodging House Keeper 2
Cotton Weaver 2
School Mistress 2
Solicitor 2
Farmer 2
Domestic 2
Servant Labourer 2
Student Engineering 1
Soldier Private 1
Under Training 1
Fish Monger 1
Independent House 1
Tailor Foreman 1
Boot Finisher 1
Gloveress 1

Berkeley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Barkley 75% 3,597
2 Berkley 88% 3,106
3 Berkeley 100% 1,736
4 Birkley 75% 1,089
5 Birchley 63% 1,006
6 Burkley 75% 720
7 Birckley 63% 190
8 Brookley 50% 146
9 Brakley 63% 141
10 Barkly 63% 138
11 Brokley 63% 101

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The surname Berkeley is the 3rd most popular variant of Barkley.

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