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 | 35 |
| Buckinghamshire | 101 |
| Berkshire | 18 |
| Cambridgeshire | 22 |
| Channel Islands | 6 |
| Cheshire | 236 |
| Cornwall | 11 |
| Cumberland | 12 |
| Derbyshire | 50 |
| Devon | 20 |
| Dorset | 5 |
| Durham | 190 |
| Essex | 79 |
| Gloucestershire | 260 |
| Hampshire | 262 |
| Herefordshire | 2 |
| Hertfordshire | 2 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 23 |
| Isle of Man | 2 |
| Kent | 216 |
| Lancashire | 533 |
| Leicestershire | 27 |
| Lincolnshire | 33 |
| London | 834 |
| Middlesex | 105 |
| Northumberland | 98 |
| Norfolk | 111 |
| Northamptonshire | 16 |
| Nottinghamshire | 162 |
| Oxfordshire | 3 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 23 |
| Shropshire | 36 |
| Suffolk | 30 |
| Somerset | 35 |
| Surrey | 58 |
| Sussex | 55 |
| Staffordshire | 167 |
| Warwickshire | 82 |
| Westmorland | 2 |
| Wiltshire | 33 |
| Worcestershire | 99 |
| Yorkshire | 734 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 10 |
| Cardiganshire | 1 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 1 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 34 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 2 |
| Monmouthshire | 50 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 804 |
| Living On Own Means | 56 |
| Coal Miner | 50 |
| General Labourer | 49 |
| Dress Maker | 45 |
| Farmer | 41 |
| Domestic Servant | 38 |
| Living On Her Own Means | 36 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 34 |
| General Servant | 33 |
| Labourer | 26 |
| Laundress | 24 |
| Clerk | 24 |
| Butcher | 21 |
| Blacksmith | 21 |
| Joiner | 21 |
| General Servant Domestic | 18 |
| Cotton Weaver | 17 |
| Gardener | 16 |
| Shoe Maker | 15 |
| Farmer's Son | 14 |
| Farm Labourer | 13 |
| Carpenter | 13 |
| Tailor | 12 |
| Tailoress | 12 |
| 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 |