Burr 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 3
Berkshire 11
Cambridgeshire 36
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 10
Cornwall 18
Cumberland 3
Derbyshire 12
Devon 9
Dorset 30
Durham 46
Essex 85
Gloucestershire 11
Hampshire 29
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 108
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 5
Isle of Man 4
Kent 296
Lancashire 62
Leicestershire 4
Lincolnshire 42
London 448
Middlesex 103
Northumberland 28
Norfolk 26
Northamptonshire 33
Nottinghamshire 15
Oxfordshire 6
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 5
Shropshire 8
Suffolk 8
Somerset 72
Surrey 34
Sussex 90
Staffordshire 4
Warwickshire 76
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 2
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 94

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 2
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 7
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 14
Pembrokeshire 6
Radnorshire 0

Burr Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Burr family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 327
Agricultural Labourer 75
Living On Own Means 22
Labourer 21
Laundress 20
Domestic Servant 17
Dress Maker 15
General Labourer 15
General Servant Domestic 13
Carpenter 11
General Servant 10
Farm Labourer 10
Living On Her Own Means 9
General Domestic Servant 8
Gardener 8
Cook Domestic Servant 7
Cotton Weaver 6
Assistant 6
Farmer 6
Clerk 6
Baker 6
House Keeper 5
Servant 5
Carman 5
Coal Miner 5

Most Frequent Forenames for Burr

Name Census Frequency
William Burr 942
Mary Burr 757
John Burr 723
George Burr 633
Elizabeth Burr 590
Thomas Burr 469
James Burr 450
Sarah Burr 448
Henry Burr 390
Charles Burr 352
Ann Burr 332
Eliza Burr 252
Alfred Burr 248
Ellen Burr 226
Frederick Burr 220
Alice Burr 209
Edward Burr 208
Joseph Burr 208
Emma Burr 205
Robert Burr 204
Annie Burr 203
Jane Burr 200
Walter Burr 190
Arthur Burr 180
Emily Burr 177

Burr Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Beer 50% 37,090
2 Barr 75% 21,963
3 Burr 100% 15,520
4 Brier 40% 4,428
5 Brear 40% 3,583
6 Boorer 50% 2,133
7 Borer 60% 1,989
8 Barrie 50% 1,864
9 Boarer 50% 864
10 Bourer 67% 475
11 Breare 33% 446
12 Bearer 50% 430
13 Briar 40% 356
14 Burree 67% 345
15 Berrie 50% 320
16 Berr 75% 296
17 Barer 60% 248
18 Barre 60% 211
19 Bur 75% 197
20 Burra 80% 172
21 Borrie 50% 162
22 Bruer 60% 101

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The surname Burr is the 3rd most popular variant of Beer.

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