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 | 40 |
| Buckinghamshire | 146 |
| Berkshire | 65 |
| Cambridgeshire | 12 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 308 |
| Cornwall | 5 |
| Cumberland | 28 |
| Derbyshire | 114 |
| Devon | 48 |
| Dorset | 8 |
| Durham | 253 |
| Essex | 209 |
| Gloucestershire | 339 |
| Hampshire | 375 |
| Herefordshire | 9 |
| Hertfordshire | 13 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 6 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 358 |
| Lancashire | 794 |
| Leicestershire | 18 |
| Lincolnshire | 67 |
| London | 1,077 |
| Middlesex | 267 |
| Northumberland | 178 |
| Norfolk | 102 |
| Northamptonshire | 52 |
| Nottinghamshire | 182 |
| Oxfordshire | 16 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 6 |
| Shropshire | 53 |
| Suffolk | 63 |
| Somerset | 21 |
| Surrey | 96 |
| Sussex | 92 |
| Staffordshire | 464 |
| Warwickshire | 133 |
| Westmorland | 1 |
| Wiltshire | 66 |
| Worcestershire | 151 |
| Yorkshire | 950 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 12 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 1 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 69 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 10 |
| Monmouthshire | 41 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| School | 696 |
| General Labourer | 54 |
| Private Means | 52 |
| Dressmaker | 51 |
| General Servant (domestic) | 46 |
| Farmer | 41 |
| Farm Labourer | 34 |
| Coal Miner Hewer | 33 |
| Labourer | 31 |
| Clerk | 31 |
| House Keeper | 27 |
| Shop Assistant | 26 |
| Domestic Servant | 26 |
| House Painter | 23 |
| None | 22 |
| Dress Maker | 20 |
| At School | 19 |
| At Home | 19 |
| Dock Labourer | 18 |
| Scholar | 17 |
| Nil | 16 |
| Blacksmith | 16 |
| Assisting In The Business | 15 |
| Laundress | 15 |
| Cotton Weaver | 15 |
| 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 |