Briearley 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 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 41
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 8
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 2
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 6

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

Briearley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Briearley family

Profession Census Frequency
Weaver 12
Cotton Weaver 4
Labourer 2
Calico Printer 1
Carter 1
Cotton Piecer 1
Cotton Rover 1
Cotton Spinner 1
Woollen Weaver 1
Works At Print Mill 1
Independent 1
Publican 1
Coaler 1
Mason 1
Clothier 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Briearley

Name Census Frequency
Mary Briearley 24
Sarah Briearley 17
William Briearley 17
John Briearley 16
James Briearley 11
Alice Briearley 8
Betty Briearley 8
Joseph Briearley 8
Ann Briearley 7
Jane Briearley 6
Henry Briearley 5
Benjamin Briearley 4
Elizabeth Briearley 4
Thomas Briearley 4
Arthur Briearley 3
George Briearley 3
Hannah Briearley 3
Martha Briearley 3
Robert Briearley 3
Edmund Briearley 2
Ellen Briearley 2
Fred Briearley 2
Louisa Briearley 2
Margaret Briearley 2
Nancy Briearley 2

Briearley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Brierley 89% 34,645
2 Brearley 89% 12,999
3 Brierly 78% 4,218
4 Brearly 78% 968
5 Brurley 67% 223
6 Briearley 100% 217
7 Briarley 89% 212

Did you know?

The surname Briearley is the 6th most popular variant of Brierley.

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