Brightley 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 10
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 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 4
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

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

Brightley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Brightley family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 3
Printer 1
Blacksmith 1
Ag Labourer 1
Pauper 1
Female Servant 1
Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Brightley

Name Census Frequency
William Brightley 20
Mary Brightley 19
John Brightley 17
James Brightley 15
Elizabeth Brightley 11
Edward Brightley 10
Sarah Brightley 9
Ann Brightley 7
Ellen Brightley 7
Eliza Brightley 6
Joseph Brightley 6
Louisa Brightley 5
Charles Brightley 4
Alice Brightley 3
Arthur Brightley 3
Emma Brightley 3
George Brightley 3
Henry Brightley 3
Jemima Brightley 3
Maria Brightley 3
Robert Brightley 3
Rose Brightley 3
Samuel Brightley 3
Adam Brightley 2
Benjamin Brightley 2

Brightley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Brightley 100% 226
2 Brightly 89% 219

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The surname Brightley is the most popular version of all its varients

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