Breed Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 164
Buckinghamshire 2
Berkshire 3
Cambridgeshire 49
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 6
Devon 3
Dorset 0
Durham 3
Essex 74
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 3
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 64
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 6
Isle of Man 0
Kent 11
Lancashire 16
Leicestershire 22
Lincolnshire 2
London 114
Middlesex 74
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 41
Northamptonshire 10
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 6
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 8
Sussex 7
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 16
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 35

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Breed Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Breed family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 13
General Servant Domestic 12
Agricultural Labourer 11
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 10
Dress Maker 7
School 6
Scholar 5
Dressmaker 4
Servant Domestic 4
Laundress Wash 4
Labourer On Farm 4
Carman 3
Domestic Servant 3
General Domestic 3
Police Constable 3
General Servant 3
Bricklayer Labourer 3
Brickyard Labourer 3
Straw Hat Finisher 3
Straw Hat Machinist 3
Domestic Gardener 3
Gardener Domestic 3
Gardener 3
Bone Sorter 3
Silk Winder 3

Most Frequent Forenames for Breed

Name Census Frequency
William Breed 290
Mary Breed 225
John Breed 197
George Breed 183
Elizabeth Breed 138
James Breed 122
Sarah Breed 111
Emma Breed 103
Charles Breed 99
Thomas Breed 94
Jane Breed 93
Ann Breed 88
Joseph Breed 83
Eliza Breed 78
Alfred Breed 65
Alice Breed 63
Frederick Breed 59
Edward Breed 58
Arthur Breed 57
Hannah Breed 57
Albert Breed 54
Annie Breed 52
Henry Breed 52
Emily Breed 47
Ellen Breed 44

Breed Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bird 40% 165,277
2 Beard 40% 56,812
3 Broad 60% 28,298
4 Board 40% 11,624
5 Brodie 33% 8,867
6 Baird 40% 8,473
7 Breed 100% 4,282
8 Bard 40% 3,759
9 Bride 40% 3,082
10 Braid 60% 2,991
11 Burd 40% 2,650
12 Brade 40% 2,230
13 Brid 60% 1,867
14 Bord 40% 1,632
15 Brad 60% 1,275
16 Berd 60% 1,008
17 Bread 80% 904
18 Braud 60% 824
19 Bardoe 33% 367
20 Broud 60% 352
21 Brood 60% 348
22 Broadie 43% 311
23 Bradie 33% 269
24 Braide 50% 194
25 Brede 60% 157
26 Bred 80% 153
27 Biard 40% 136
28 Broid 60% 127
29 Brode 40% 119
30 Barid 40% 118
31 Boord 40% 110
32 Broade 50% 104
33 Burde 40% 104
34 Bourd 40% 103

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The surname Breed is the 7th most popular variant of Bird.

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