Brays 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 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 6
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 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 5
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

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

Brays Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Brays family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 2
General Labourer 2
Farmer 1
Pauper 1
Independent 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Brays

Name Census Frequency
Joseph Brays 8
Mary Brays 8
Elizabeth Brays 7
John Brays 7
William Brays 7
George Brays 5
Charles Brays 4
James Brays 4
Alice Brays 3
Edward Brays 3
Thomas Brays 3
Catherine Brays 2
Florence Brays 2
Frederick Brays 2
Jane Brays 2
Michael Brays 2
Richard Brays 2
Sarah Brays 2
Albert Brays 1
Alexansder Brays 1
Ambrose Brays 1
Amy Brays 1
Ann Brays 1
Anna Brays 1
Anne Brays 1

Brays Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Brase 60% 165
2 Braze 60% 145
3 Brays 100% 114

Did you know?

The surname Brays is the 3rd most popular variant of Brase.

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