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 171
Buckinghamshire 19
Berkshire 11
Cambridgeshire 43
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 14
Cornwall 35
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 14
Devon 28
Dorset 39
Durham 89
Essex 290
Gloucestershire 32
Hampshire 64
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 130
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 8
Isle of Man 4
Kent 397
Lancashire 58
Leicestershire 3
Lincolnshire 94
London 595
Middlesex 306
Northumberland 34
Norfolk 32
Northamptonshire 24
Nottinghamshire 14
Oxfordshire 9
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 8
Shropshire 8
Suffolk 1
Somerset 75
Surrey 156
Sussex 103
Staffordshire 6
Warwickshire 126
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 17
Worcestershire 17
Yorkshire 138

Wales

Anglesey 2
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 1
Glamorgan 17
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 51
Pembrokeshire 10
Radnorshire 0

Burr Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Burr family

Profession Census Frequency
School 335
Farm Labourer 53
Private Means 30
Labourer 28
General Servant (domestic) 26
Dressmaker 25
General Labourer 21
Carman 14
Housemaid (domestic) 12
Assisting In The Business 12
Baker 12
Clerk 12
House Painter 12
Gardener (domestic) 11
Carpenter 11
Domestic Servant 11
Laundress 10
Shop Assistant 10
House Keeper 9
At Home 9
Farmer 9
Cook 8
Nil 8
None 8
Assisting In Business 7

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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