Bredford 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 2
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 4
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 1
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 1
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

Bredford Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bredford family

Profession Census Frequency
General Servant 2
Farmers Servant 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Apprentice 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Bredford

Name Census Frequency
John Bredford 18
William Bredford 15
James Bredford 14
Mary Bredford 14
Elizabeth Bredford 12
Sarah Bredford 10
Henry Bredford 8
Ellen Bredford 7
George Bredford 7
Alfred Bredford 6
Joseph Bredford 5
Thomas Bredford 5
Frances Bredford 4
Jane Bredford 4
Robert Bredford 4
Ann Bredford 3
Annie Bredford 3
Charles Bredford 3
Emma Bredford 3
Fanny Bredford 3
Maria Bredford 3
Martha Bredford 3
Samuel Bredford 3
Ada Bredford 2
Albert Bredford 2

Bredford Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bradford 88% 43,458
2 Bredford 100% 222
3 Braidford 78% 177
4 Broadford 78% 131
5 Bridford 88% 115

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The surname Bredford is the 2nd most popular variant of Bradford.

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