Breach 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 60
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 11
Cornwall 5
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 2
Gloucestershire 15
Hampshire 33
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 6
Lancashire 20
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 119
Middlesex 12
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 37
Somerset 21
Surrey 9
Sussex 204
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 35
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 7

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

Breach Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Breach family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 127
Agricultural Labourer 10
Dress Maker 8
General Labourer 7
Laundress 7
Annuitant 4
Labourer 4
Fisherman 4
Lodging House Keeper 4
Farmers Son 4
Carpenter 3
Cook 3
Domestic Servant 3
General Servant 3
General Servant Domestic 3
Shepherd 3
Draper 2
Gardener 2
General Dealer 2
Grocer 2
Independent 2
Machinist 2
Picture Liner 2
Farmers Wife 2
Net Mender 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Breach

Name Census Frequency
William Breach 294
Mary Breach 248
George Breach 199
John Breach 172
Sarah Breach 143
Elizabeth Breach 142
James Breach 142
Henry Breach 139
Charles Breach 129
Thomas Breach 106
Ann Breach 91
Alice Breach 89
Annie Breach 73
Jane Breach 73
Edward Breach 68
Alfred Breach 62
Eliza Breach 62
Frederick Breach 61
Emily Breach 56
Caroline Breach 55
Albert Breach 51
Martha Breach 51
Emma Breach 49
Ellen Breach 44
Ada Breach 43

Breach Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Birch 50% 81,027
2 Burch 50% 17,042
3 Breach 100% 4,595
4 Brich 67% 2,857
5 Berch 67% 1,621
6 Brach 83% 795
7 Broch 67% 717
8 Baruch 50% 710
9 Brache 67% 481
10 Barch 50% 438
11 Broach 83% 307
12 Borch 50% 241
13 Brech 83% 190
14 Breech 83% 151
15 Bruch 67% 140
16 Brouch 67% 113

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The surname Breach is the 3rd most popular variant of Birch.

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