Bride 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 1
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 5
Channel Islands 15
Cheshire 30
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 39
Derbyshire 0
Devon 22
Dorset 3
Durham 27
Essex 11
Gloucestershire 7
Hampshire 18
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 5
Lancashire 132
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 7
London 94
Middlesex 10
Northumberland 6
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland 0
Shropshire 6
Suffolk 0
Somerset 12
Surrey 14
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 18
Warwickshire 24
Westmorland 2
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 9
Yorkshire 60

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 12
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 5
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Bride Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bride family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 85
Tailor 8
Labourer 6
Coal Miner 5
Hair Dresser 5
Dressmaker 4
General Labourer 4
Joiner 4
Laundress 4
Tailoress 4
General Servant Domestic 4
Labourer Brick Layer 4
Domestic Servant 3
Dress Maker 3
Engine Fitter 3
Living On Her Own Means 3
General Servant 3
Grocer 3
Cook 3
Cabinet Maker 3
Clerk 3
Rag Sorter 3
Cook Domestic Servant 2
Lodging House Keeper 2
Butcher 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Bride

Name Census Frequency
Mary Bride 234
John Bride 232
Elizabeth Bride 148
William Bride 140
James Bride 136
Thomas Bride 116
George Bride 113
Henry Bride 82
Sarah Bride 80
Ellen Bride 77
Jane Bride 74
Ann Bride 72
Margaret Bride 66
Annie Bride 55
Charles Bride 50
Robert Bride 45
Catherine Bride 35
Alice Bride 32
Edward Bride 31
Hannah Bride 29
Patrick Bride 29
Francis Bride 28
Frank Bride 25
Joseph Bride 25
Michael Bride 25

Bride Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bird 40% 165,277
2 Beard 20% 56,812
3 Broad 40% 28,298
4 Board 20% 11,624
5 Brodie 67% 8,867
6 Baird 40% 8,473
7 Breed 40% 4,282
8 Bard 40% 3,759
9 Bride 100% 3,082
10 Braid 60% 2,991
11 Burd 40% 2,650
12 Brade 80% 2,230
13 Brid 80% 1,867
14 Bord 40% 1,632
15 Brad 60% 1,275
16 Berd 40% 1,008
17 Bread 40% 904
18 Braud 40% 824
19 Bardoe 50% 367
20 Broud 40% 352
21 Brood 40% 348
22 Broadie 57% 311
23 Bradie 67% 269
24 Braide 83% 194
25 Brede 80% 157
26 Bred 60% 153
27 Biard 20% 136
28 Broid 60% 127
29 Brode 80% 119
30 Barid 60% 118
31 Boord 20% 110
32 Broade 67% 104
33 Burde 60% 104
34 Bourd 20% 103

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The surname Bride is the 9th most popular variant of Bird.

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