Fairbrass Surname

382,372nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 931 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Fairbrass Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'iron-arm'; compare Armstrong, Strongitharm, Brasdefer; v. Pettifer. Perhaps a legendary name. Professor Skeat, in his Etym. Dict., Hustings, alludes to the 'Romance of Ferumbras.'

Robert Ferebraz, Close Rolls, 48 Henry III.

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Fairbrass Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7041:79,1458,846
Australia751:359,94330,133
New Zealand521:87,08312,256
Canada441:837,40065,151
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Scotland111:486,71119,179
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
France91:7,380,302306,885
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2971:82,0728,765
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Fairbrass Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'iron-arm'; compare Armstrong, Strongitharm, Brasdefer; v. Pettifer. Perhaps a legendary name. Professor Skeat, in his Etym. Dict., Hustings, alludes to the 'Romance of Ferumbras.'

Robert Ferebraz, Close Rolls, 48 Henry III.

Robert Ferbras, Buckinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Henry Ferebraz, Oxfordshire, ibid.

John Ferbraz, Buckinghamshire, ibid.

1678. Baptised — Sarah, d. Henry Fierbrasse: St. Mary, Aldermary (London).

1680. — Mary, d. Henry Fyerbras: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(French-Latin) the French Ferbras = Iron Arm [French fer, Latin ferr-um, iron + French bras, Latin brachi-um, the arm]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

FIREBRACE: The extinct baronet family, whose pedigree ascends only to the XVII. cent., seem to have had a tradition of a Norman origin (Burke's Ext. Barts.), and the name is said to signify fier-bras, "bold or stout arm," like our indigenous Armstrong and Strong i' th' arm. The H.R. form, Ferbras, is suggestive of "Iron-arm."

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Radulphus Fierebrache of Normandy, 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). Henry Ferebraz occurs in England c. 1272 (RI1). The Baro­nets Firebrace were of this family.

The Norman People (1874)

Fairbrass Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fairbrass Come From? nationality or country of origin

Fairbrass occurs most in England. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Fairbrass.

How Common Is The Last Name Fairbrass? popularity and diffusion

Fairbrass is the 382,372nd most widely held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,827,654 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Fairbrass reside; 77 percent reside in Northern Europe and 77 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname Fairbrass is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 704 people, or 1 in 79,145. In England Fairbrass is mostly concentrated in: Greater London, where 24 percent are found, Kent, where 21 percent are found and Cambridgeshire, where 8 percent are found. Apart from England this surname is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 8 percent are found and New Zealand, where 6 percent are found.

Fairbrass Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Fairbrass has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Fairbrass last name grew 237 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 283 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Fairbrass Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Fairbrass earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 11.2% more than the national average, earning R 264,264 per year; in United States they earn 30.96% less than the national average, earning $29,792 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.61% more than the national average, earning $54,952 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Farbrass944/
Fairbrace7864/
Farbrea751/
Farbros751/
Fairbroths740/
Farbrace71205/
Farbro6735/
Fairbroth671/
Farbrache671/
Farbrot6393/
Farbrey630/
Farbrodt594/
Ferbrach591/
Ferbrache56614/
Verbra531/

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