Brentley 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 4
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 2
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 8
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 4
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 6
Warwickshire 3
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 6
Yorkshire 2

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

Brentley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Brentley family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 11
Agricultural Labourer 4
Brick Maker 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Labourer 1
Servant 1
Boot Maker 1
Gardener 1
Engine Fitter 1
Agricultural Servant 1
Labourer Railway 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Brentley

Name Census Frequency
John Brentley 31
William Brentley 31
Robert Brentley 26
Mary Brentley 23
George Brentley 17
James Brentley 14
Ann Brentley 13
Sarah Brentley 13
Thomas Brentley 13
Jane Brentley 12
Hannah Brentley 11
Emily Brentley 10
Charles Brentley 8
Elizabeth Brentley 8
Margaret Brentley 8
Eliza Brentley 7
Henry Brentley 7
Albert Brentley 6
Emma Brentley 6
Frances Brentley 6
Annie Brentley 5
Isabella Brentley 5
Martha Brentley 5
Richard Brentley 5
Dorothy Brentley 4

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