Brought 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 4
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 5
Devon 1
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 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 8
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 5

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

Brought Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Brought family

Profession Census Frequency
Frame Work Knitter 3
Scholar 3
At Home 2
House Servant 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
Farmer Of 2 Acres 1
Seamstress 1
Footman 1
Warehouseman 1
Licenced Beer House Keeper 1
Port Boy 1
Wool Comber 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Brought

Name Census Frequency
William Brought 29
Mary Brought 27
Elizabeth Brought 17
Thomas Brought 16
John Brought 14
Sarah Brought 12
Robert Brought 10
Ann Brought 9
George Brought 9
Henry Brought 9
Eliza Brought 7
James Brought 7
Jane Brought 7
Annie Brought 6
Margaret Brought 6
Edward Brought 5
Richard Brought 5
Emma Brought 4
Florence Brought 4
Frederick Brought 4
Harriet Brought 4
Joseph Brought 4
Louisa Brought 4
Catherine Brought 3
Clara Brought 3

Brought Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bright 71% 48,905
2 Brought 100% 321

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The surname Brought is the 2nd most popular variant of Bright.

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