Brands 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 4
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 2
Staffordshire 3
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 7
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Brands Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Brands family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Cordwainer 2
Cordwainer's Wife 1
Gentle Man 1
Gentle Mans Wife 1
Fisher Man 1
Engine Smith 1
Steward 1
Groom 1
Laundress 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Brands

Name Census Frequency
John Brands 38
Mary Brands 13
William Brands 13
Elizabeth Brands 10
Sarah Brands 9
Charles Brands 7
Henry Brands 7
Andrew Brands 6
Ellen Brands 6
James Brands 6
Jane Brands 6
Margaret Brands 6
Rhoda Brands 6
Robert Brands 6
Edward Brands 5
Joseph Brands 5
Emma Brands 4
Florence Brands 4
Martha Brands 4
Agnes Brands 3
Albert Brands 3
Archibald Brands 3
Lilian Brands 3
Samuel Brands 3
Thomas Brands 3

Brands Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Brands 100% 289
2 Barends 71% 131
3 Brandeis 75% 107
4 Brandes 86% 104
5 Brandis 86% 104

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The surname Brands is the most popular version of all its varients

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