Bryden Family History
Bryden Name Meaning
probably a habitational name
from a place now lost. The surname is most common in southwestern
Scotland.Reaney suggests that it is a metonymic
occupational name for a bridle maker, from Old French bridon
‘bridle’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Bryden Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bryden families
 52 - 102  18 - 51 |
 1 - 17  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bryden families
|
111 - 220 38 - 110 |
1 - 37 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bryden Family Origin
Bryden Emigration Information (US)
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Bryden Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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