Burch Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 6
Buckinghamshire 28
Berkshire 10
Cambridgeshire 11
Channel Islands 18
Cheshire 17
Cornwall 17
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 10
Devon 182
Dorset 22
Durham 29
Essex 194
Gloucestershire 13
Hampshire 91
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 101
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 1
Kent 145
Lancashire 72
Leicestershire 12
Lincolnshire 21
London 582
Middlesex 128
Northumberland 12
Norfolk 16
Northamptonshire 12
Nottinghamshire 14
Oxfordshire 12
Rutland 0
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 335
Somerset 58
Surrey 128
Sussex 85
Staffordshire 16
Warwickshire 19
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 33
Worcestershire 33
Yorkshire 71

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 45
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 11
Pembrokeshire 10
Radnorshire 0

Burch Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Burch family

Profession Census Frequency
Living On Own Means 41
General Labourer 27
Scholar 26
Dress Maker 20
General Servant Domestic 15
Farmer 14
School 12
Blacksmith 11
Carpenter 11
Cook Domestic 11
House Keeper Domestic 11
Agricultural Labourer 11
Laundress Wash 10
Nurse Domestic 9
House Maid Domestic 8
Tailoress 8
Bricklayer 8
Commercial Clerk 7
House Painter 7
Police Constable 7
Gardener Not Domestic 7
Carman 6
Draper Assistant 6
Grocer Assistant 6
Farm Labourer 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Burch

Name Census Frequency
William Burch 1,132
Mary Burch 924
John Burch 816
Elizabeth Burch 660
George Burch 607
Sarah Burch 588
Thomas Burch 490
James Burch 459
Henry Burch 438
Charles Burch 390
Ann Burch 301
Eliza Burch 291
Jane Burch 285
Joseph Burch 272
Emma Burch 254
Ellen Burch 249
Frederick Burch 245
Alfred Burch 237
Robert Burch 236
Annie Burch 231
Emily Burch 227
Alice Burch 224
Edward Burch 194
Arthur Burch 192
Harry Burch 141

Burch Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Birch 80% 81,027
2 Burch 100% 17,042
3 Breach 50% 4,595
4 Brich 60% 2,857
5 Berch 80% 1,621
6 Brach 60% 795
7 Broch 60% 717
8 Baruch 67% 710
9 Brache 50% 481
10 Barch 80% 438
11 Broach 50% 307
12 Borch 80% 241
13 Brech 60% 190
14 Breech 50% 151
15 Bruch 60% 140
16 Birtch 67% 131
17 Brouch 50% 113

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The surname Burch is the 2nd most popular variant of Birch.

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