Briss 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 9
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 3
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 3
Somerset 3
Surrey 4
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
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

Briss Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Briss family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 2
Agricultural Labourer 1
Victualler 1
Nurse 1
Shoe M 1
Female Servant 1
Glove Sewer 1
School Master 1
Tailor 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Briss

Name Census Frequency
William Briss 19
John Briss 16
Thomas Briss 12
George Briss 9
Mary Briss 8
Ann Briss 7
Eliza Briss 7
Elizabeth Briss 6
Alice Briss 5
Sarah Briss 5
Ellen Briss 4
Jane Briss 4
Robert Briss 4
Alfred Briss 3
Fanny Briss 3
Harriett Briss 3
Henry Briss 3
James Briss 3
Joseph Briss 3
Albert Briss 2
Charles Briss 2
David Briss 2
Edith Briss 2
Frederick Briss 2
Georgina Briss 2

Briss Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Brass 80% 4,407
2 Bross 80% 234
3 Briss 100% 185
4 Barss 60% 154
5 Bress 80% 145
6 Bauress 57% 143
7 Birss 60% 115
8 Brissue 71% 113

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The surname Briss is the 3rd most popular variant of Brass.

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