Bress 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 0
Essex 11
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 3
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
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 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 7
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Bress Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bress family

Profession Census Frequency
Fitter 1
Farmer 1
Grocer 1
Wool Comber 1
Wheel Wright 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Bress

Name Census Frequency
Mary Bress 11
William Bress 9
Thomas Bress 7
George Bress 6
Charles Bress 5
John Bress 5
Ann Bress 4
Edward Bress 4
Henry Bress 4
James Bress 4
Sarah Bress 4
Annie Bress 3
Elizabeth Bress 3
Ellen Bress 3
Emma Bress 3
Frederick Bress 3
Jane Bress 3
Louisa Bress 3
Alfred Bress 2
Benjamin Bress 2
Edith Bress 2
Ethel Bress 2
Florence Bress 2
Fredrick Bress 2
Walter Bress 2

Bress Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Brass 80% 4,407
2 Brees 80% 1,430
3 Bross 80% 234
4 Briss 80% 185
5 Barss 60% 154
6 Bress 100% 145
7 Bauress 71% 143
8 Birss 60% 115
9 Brissue 57% 113

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The surname Bress is the 6th most popular variant of Brass.

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