Breedon 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 4
Berkshire 2
Cambridgeshire 2
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 7
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 71
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 13
Gloucestershire 3
Hampshire 13
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 24
Leicestershire 30
Lincolnshire 2
London 44
Middlesex 3
Northumberland 2
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 180
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 7
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 17
Warwickshire 8
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 17
Yorkshire 81

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

Breedon Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Breedon family

Profession Census Frequency
School 61
Coal Miner Hewer 14
Farmer 6
Private Means 5
Coal Miner 5
Coal Miner (hewer) 4
Farm Labourer 4
Tailoress 3
At Home 3
Domestic Servant 3
Schl 3
General Servant (domestic) 2
Estimate Clerk 2
Domestic 2
Home 2
Home Duties 2
Hose Embroiderer 2
Dressmaker 2
Farm Labourer (general) 2
Farmer Son Working On Farm 2
Farmers Daughter Dairy Work 2
Gardener (domestic) 2
House Duties 2
Engine Fitter 2
Steel Moulder 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Breedon

Name Census Frequency
William Breedon 251
Mary Breedon 202
John Breedon 159
Thomas Breedon 149
George Breedon 121
Sarah Breedon 113
Elizabeth Breedon 111
Ann Breedon 92
Henry Breedon 70
Eliza Breedon 67
Joseph Breedon 66
James Breedon 64
Samuel Breedon 53
Hannah Breedon 50
Jane Breedon 45
Charles Breedon 43
Emma Breedon 43
Frederick Breedon 38
Ellen Breedon 37
Annie Breedon 36
Walter Breedon 35
Charlotte Breedon 32
Alice Breedon 29
Harriet Breedon 29
Florence Breedon 27

Breedon Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Burden 43% 26,226
2 Barden 43% 11,227
3 Burdon 57% 8,231
4 Breedon 100% 2,912
5 Briden 57% 2,088
6 Braden 57% 2,076
7 Beardon 57% 1,836
8 Borden 43% 1,451
9 Breeden 86% 1,363
10 Bardon 57% 1,006
11 Breden 71% 973
12 Aberdeen 38% 850
13 Bourdon 57% 778
14 Bardin 43% 581
15 Burdin 43% 505
16 Breaden 71% 501
17 Bridon 71% 474
18 Bredon 86% 453
19 Bradon 71% 336
20 Bearden 43% 289
21 Braiden 57% 282
22 Bredin 71% 240
23 Birden 43% 229
24 Brudon 71% 196
25 Bordon 57% 191
26 Boarden 43% 190
27 Bruden 57% 184
28 Broden 57% 172
29 Bourden 43% 138
30 Aberdein 38% 132
31 Breadon 86% 131
32 Berden 57% 109

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The surname Breedon is the 4th most popular variant of Burden.

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