Brein 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 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 3
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 5
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 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

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

Brein Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Brein family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2
Trousers Maker 2
In The Comment 1
French Drawing Mistress 1
Labourer In Iron Works 1
Mill Furnaceman Iron Works 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Brein

Name Census Frequency
John Brein 12
Mary Brein 11
Ellen Brein 7
Catherine Brein 6
Thomas Brein 5
William Brein 4
Elizabeth Brein 3
Hannah Brein 3
Ann Brein 2
Charles Brein 2
Eliza Brein 2
Francis Brein 2
Frederick Brein 2
Louisa Brein 2
Margaret Brein 2
Martha Brein 2
Michael Brein 2
Patrick Brein 2
Susan Brein 2
Alice Brein 1
Anna Brein 1
Annie Brein 1
Archibald Brein 1
Arthur Brein 1
Axel Brein 1

Brein Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bourne 33% 39,866
2 Burn 40% 32,363
3 Brain 80% 24,766
4 Baron 40% 22,589
5 Obrien 50% 17,701
6 Brian 60% 12,455
7 Brien 60% 12,036
8 Brine 60% 6,722
9 Bourn 40% 6,046
10 Breen 80% 5,606
11 Burne 20% 5,511
12 Obrian 50% 3,536
13 Braine 67% 3,530
14 Born 40% 3,243
15 Barn 40% 2,880
16 Barne 20% 2,685
17 Bearne 33% 2,586
18 Bran 60% 2,432
19 Borne 20% 2,130
20 Oborne 17% 2,120
21 Brion 60% 2,087
22 Birnie 50% 1,362
23 Broun 60% 1,240
24 Brane 40% 1,126
25 Eborn 20% 1,104
26 Oborn 20% 1,062
27 Braun 60% 1,044
28 Boran 40% 1,005
29 Beran 40% 970
30 Brun 60% 941
31 Bruin 80% 842
32 Auburn 17% 821
33 Boorn 40% 775
34 Brean 80% 734
35 Eburne 17% 709
36 Bearon 33% 610
37 Obern 40% 553
38 Boorne 33% 543
39 Bearn 40% 508
40 Burnie 50% 495
41 Baren 60% 478
42 Broune 50% 376
43 Bern 60% 365
44 Bren 80% 363
45 Broon 60% 336
46 Eaborn 17% 334
47 Beirne 50% 318
48 Breene 67% 309
49 Brin 80% 306
50 Obrine 50% 299
51 Bruen 60% 290
52 Berne 40% 248
53 Buron 40% 236
54 Baurne 33% 224
55 Brone 40% 220
56 Eaborne 14% 214
57 Bron 60% 202
58 Aburn 20% 196
59 Obrion 50% 195
60 Baran 40% 187
61 Barin 60% 180
62 Brune 40% 167
63 Baaran 33% 153
64 Aborn 20% 149
65 Broan 60% 140
66 Eburn 20% 138
67 Broone 50% 135
68 Bernie 50% 134
69 Obrain 67% 132
70 Beron 40% 130
71 Birne 20% 130
72 Biron 40% 129
73 Bruun 60% 126
74 Baurn 40% 122
75 Biren 60% 117
76 Boarne 33% 117
77 Brein 100% 116
78 Burno 20% 116
79 Boron 40% 115
80 Bruno 40% 111
81 Bearan 33% 104

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The surname Brein is the 77th most popular variant of Bourne.

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