Briew 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 2
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 0
London 8
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 12

Wales

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

Briew Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Briew family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 3
Joiner Carpenter 2
Governess 1
House Maid 1
Labourer In Iron Works 1
Work In Mill 1
Builder Babourer 1
File Cutter & Time Keeper & Caretaker At File Works 1
General Domestic 1
Manager Davern Publican 1
Sisters Od Charity 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Briew

Name Census Frequency
John Briew 18
Mary Briew 17
Margaret Briew 10
William Briew 8
Bridget Briew 6
Ellen Briew 6
Ann Briew 5
Catherine Briew 5
Daniel Briew 5
James Briew 5
Patrick Briew 5
Thomas Briew 5
Edward Briew 4
Henry Briew 4
Maria Briew 4
Elizabeth Briew 3
Jeremiah Briew 3
Johanna Briew 3
Peter Briew 3
Timothy Briew 3
Francis Briew 2
Julia Briew 2
Louisa Briew 2
Martha Briew 2
Michael Briew 2

Briew Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Brew 80% 6,225
2 Brow 60% 1,065
3 Browe 40% 781
4 Barow 40% 588
5 Borow 40% 370
6 Braw 60% 235
7 Brewe 60% 190
8 Briew 100% 172

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The surname Briew is the 8th most popular variant of Brew.

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