Byrnes Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Byrnes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Byrnes family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 32
Labourer 19
Servant 7
General Servant 5
Porter 5
Factory Work 4
Tailor 4
At Home 3
Carpenter's Son 3
Home 3
House Servant 3
Weaver Cotton 3
Weaver Hand Loom 3
Corporal 33rd Regiment's Son 3
Daughter 2
Cook 2
None 2
Cooper 2
Corn Porter 2
Dock Porter 2
Draper Assistant 2
Dress Maker 2
Hawker 2
Spinner 2
Woolcomber 2

Byrnes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Burns 67% 78,221
2 Burnes 83% 8,531
3 Byrnes 100% 2,993
4 Burness 71% 2,583
5 Byrns 83% 853
6 Bernes 83% 414
7 Berns 67% 216

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The surname Byrnes is the 3rd most popular variant of Burns.

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