Brees 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 9
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 10
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 5
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 7
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 5
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 14
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 7
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 4
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 6
Merionethshire 5
Montgomeryshire 218
Monmouthshire 10
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 12

Brees Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Brees family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 25
Agricultural Labourer 20
Wife Of Above 17
Son Of Above 11
House Servant 10
Lead Miner 7
Shoe Maker 5
Farm Labourer 5
Farmers Son 5
Hand Loom Weaver Flannel 5
Labourer 4
Hand Loom Weaver Woollen 4
Tailor 3
Carpenter 3
Daughter Of Above 3
Coal Miner 2
Ironmonger 2
House Keeper 2
Factory Boy Piecer 2
Farm Servant 2
Farmer Of 30 Acres 2
Hand Loom Weaver 2
Housemaid 2
Pauper 2
Farmers Daughter 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Brees

Name Census Frequency
Mary Brees 161
John Brees 123
William Brees 101
Thomas Brees 73
Jane Brees 63
Ann Brees 62
Elizabeth Brees 56
Richard Brees 44
Sarah Brees 40
Edward Brees 37
Margaret Brees 35
Samuel Brees 31
Anne Brees 26
Hannah Brees 23
Charles Brees 21
David Brees 19
James Brees 19
Alice Brees 18
Evan Brees 18
George Brees 18
Martha Brees 17
Catherine Brees 16
Isaac Brees 16
Annie Brees 15
Emily Brees 12

Brees Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Breese 83% 5,146
2 Brees 100% 1,430
3 Bruse 40% 1,279
4 Beers 60% 1,085
5 Bears 40% 1,076
6 Bars 40% 434
7 Ebers 40% 334
8 Burse 40% 321
9 Bares 60% 287
10 Burus 40% 287
11 Bruise 50% 253
12 Brise 40% 243
13 Burs 40% 232
14 Beris 40% 186
15 Bures 60% 166
16 Brase 40% 165
17 Brouse 50% 152
18 Beares 50% 148
19 Bores 60% 147
20 Bress 80% 145
21 Barus 40% 123
22 Bearis 33% 109
23 Buras 40% 107
24 Birse 40% 104
25 Bries 80% 102

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The surname Brees is the 2nd most popular variant of Breese.

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