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Brothers Name Meaning

Irish: Anglicization of Irish Ó Bruadair, an ancient Donegal sept name: it has also been derived, probably wrongly, from Gaelic bruadar ‘dream’, ‘reverie’. In New England, an Americanized form of French Brodeur.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


Similar surnames: Brother, Broshears, Breshears, Crothers, Cruthers, Brotherson, Rother

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Brothers Family Origin

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Brothers Family Occupations

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  • Agricultural Labourer

    4%

  • Labourer

    4%

  • Agr Labourer

    3%

  • Annuitant

    3%

In 1881, a less common occupation for the Brothers family was Annuitant. The most common Brothers occupation in the UK was Agricultural Labourer. 4% of Brothers's were Agricultural Labourers. Agricultural Labourer, Labourer and Agr Labourer were the top 3 reported jobs worked by Brothers.

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Brothers Life Expectancy

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