Briney 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 4
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
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 6
Yorkshire 0

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

Briney Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Briney family

Profession Census Frequency
Lamplighter 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Farmer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Briney

Name Census Frequency
Thomas Briney 24
Mary Briney 20
Robert Briney 16
Charles Briney 14
Sarah Briney 13
John Briney 12
William Briney 12
Emma Briney 9
Alice Briney 7
Fanny Briney 7
James Briney 7
Ann Briney 6
Frances Briney 6
Oliver Briney 6
Annie Briney 4
George Briney 4
Walter Briney 4
Ada Briney 3
Agnes Briney 3
Charlotte Briney 3
Ellen Briney 3
Florence Briney 3
Ethel Briney 2
Fannie Briney 2
Hannah Briney 2

Briney Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Barney 67% 5,892
2 Burney 67% 3,848
3 Berney 67% 1,111
4 Brunyee 57% 657
5 Birney 67% 428
6 Braney 83% 304
7 Briney 100% 251
8 Borney 67% 136
9 Berny 50% 103

Did you know?

The surname Briney is the 7th most popular variant of Barney.

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