Braw 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 7
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 9
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 7
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

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

Braw Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Braw family

Profession Census Frequency
Pin Printer 2
Agricultural Labourer 1
General Servant 1
Servant 1
Ballast Heaver 1
Pearl Button Maker 1
Scholar 1
Warehouse Woman 1
Confectioner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Braw

Name Census Frequency
Mary Braw 21
Elizabeth Braw 18
John Braw 18
William Braw 16
Ann Braw 7
Charles Braw 7
Samuel Braw 7
James Braw 6
Louisa Braw 6
Catherine Braw 5
Ellen Braw 5
George Braw 5
Jane Braw 5
Joseph Braw 4
Sarah Braw 4
Alice Braw 3
Anne Braw 3
Mabel Braw 3
Margaret Braw 3
Thomas Braw 3
Alfred Braw 2
Annie Braw 2
Benjamin Braw 2
David Braw 2
Edith Braw 2

Braw Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Brew 75% 6,225
2 Brow 75% 1,065
3 Browe 60% 781
4 Barow 60% 588
5 Borow 60% 370
6 Braw 100% 235
7 Brewe 60% 190
8 Briew 60% 172
9 Braugh 50% 136

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The surname Braw is the 6th most popular variant of Brew.

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