Dreyer 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 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

Dreyer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dreyer family

Profession Census Frequency
Barmaid 1
Waterman 1
Baker Assistant 1
O Seaman 1
Sea Fireman 1
Iron Monger & Plumber 1
Cook 1
Flag Maker & Agent 1
Wife Of Flag Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dreyer

Name Census Frequency
John Dreyer 14
Mary Dreyer 13
Henry Dreyer 12
Charles Dreyer 11
Frederick Dreyer 11
William Dreyer 11
Edward Dreyer 10
James Dreyer 10
Thomas Dreyer 7
Annie Dreyer 6
Ellen Dreyer 6
Louisa Dreyer 6
Elizabeth Dreyer 5
Richard Dreyer 5
Carl Dreyer 4
Catherine Dreyer 4
Florence Dreyer 4
Frances Dreyer 4
Joseph Dreyer 4
Margaret Dreyer 4
Maria Dreyer 4
Martha Dreyer 4
Peter Dreyer 4
Ann Dreyer 3
Sarah Dreyer 3

Dreyer Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dryer 83% 1,718
2 Dreyer 100% 335
3 Droyer 83% 329
4 Drayer 83% 127

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The surname Dreyer is the 2nd most popular variant of Dryer.

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