Fryer Name Meaning: This is a variant of 'Freer',middle English 'Friar' & Latin 'Frater'meaning 'brother'.
This may have been used as a nickanme for a religious person or occupational for a worker of the monastry.
Discover how your Fryer ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 41 |
| Buckinghamshire | 124 |
| Berkshire | 15 |
| Cambridgeshire | 23 |
| Channel Islands | 2 |
| Cheshire | 220 |
| Cornwall | 4 |
| Cumberland | 18 |
| Derbyshire | 91 |
| Devon | 25 |
| Dorset | 2 |
| Durham | 165 |
| Essex | 54 |
| Gloucestershire | 223 |
| Hampshire | 291 |
| Herefordshire | 7 |
| Hertfordshire | 9 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 54 |
| Isle of Man | 1 |
| Kent | 212 |
| Lancashire | 513 |
| Leicestershire | 27 |
| Lincolnshire | 68 |
| London | 773 |
| Middlesex | 88 |
| Northumberland | 117 |
| Norfolk | 143 |
| Northamptonshire | 19 |
| Nottinghamshire | 144 |
| Oxfordshire | 15 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 54 |
| Shropshire | 50 |
| Suffolk | 35 |
| Somerset | 80 |
| Surrey | 70 |
| Sussex | 70 |
| Staffordshire | 259 |
| Warwickshire | 140 |
| Westmorland | 7 |
| Wiltshire | 75 |
| Worcestershire | 123 |
| Yorkshire | 753 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 14 |
| Cardiganshire | 3 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 2 |
| Flintshire | 1 |
| Glamorgan | 14 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 56 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 1,069 |
| Coal Miner | 58 |
| Dress Maker | 57 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 51 |
| Domestic Servant | 50 |
| General Labourer | 41 |
| Labourer | 41 |
| Laundress | 29 |
| Farm Labourer | 28 |
| Annuitant | 26 |
| General Servant Domestic | 26 |
| General Servant | 23 |
| Butcher | 23 |
| House Keeper | 19 |
| Joiner | 19 |
| Carpenter | 18 |
| Chair Maker | 17 |
| No Occupation | 16 |
| Tailor | 15 |
| Boot Maker | 14 |
| Grocer | 14 |
| Farmers Son | 13 |
| Bricklayer | 12 |
| Farmers Wife | 12 |
| Gardener Domestic | 11 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Fryer | 2,288 |
| John Fryer | 2,175 |
| William Fryer | 2,034 |
| Elizabeth Fryer | 1,430 |
| Thomas Fryer | 1,331 |
| George Fryer | 1,327 |
| Sarah Fryer | 1,244 |
| James Fryer | 1,027 |
| Henry Fryer | 810 |
| Ann Fryer | 807 |
| Charles Fryer | 742 |
| Jane Fryer | 723 |
| Joseph Fryer | 568 |
| Alice Fryer | 555 |
| Ellen Fryer | 553 |
| Annie Fryer | 546 |
| Robert Fryer | 540 |
| Emma Fryer | 493 |
| Margaret Fryer | 481 |
| Eliza Fryer | 475 |
| Arthur Fryer | 432 |
| Frederick Fryer | 432 |
| Emily Fryer | 403 |
| Alfred Fryer | 402 |
| Edward Fryer | 395 |