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There are approximately 14,880 people named Brewer in the UK. That makes it the 680th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 236 are named Brewer.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Occupational Name

Related and similar surnames

Brewster
Breuer
Breer
Bbrewer
Breweer
Breewer
Brewere
Brewear
Brewera
Breweri
Brewar
Breware
Brewaer
Breuyer
Breuere
Breuers
Breuwer
Brewerd
Breuerre
Brewerc
Breuar
Brewary
Breeuwer

The Brewer surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

BREWER. 1. Bruyere, Fr., a heath. This was a frequent name in Norman times. The principal English family were settled in Devonshire at the time of the Domesd. survey, and founded Tor Ablic}'. In after times they impressed their name upon Teign Brewer and Buckland Brewer in that county, as also upon Temple Brewer, co. Lincoln. Among tliose of the name in France, Thibaut de la Bruyere, the crusader, stands conspicuous. The orthography is much varied, the principal forms in the H.E. being Brewer, Brewere, de Bruario, de la Briiere, Brywer, de Brueris. 2. The occupation. In the H.E. it occurs in the Latin and Norman-French forms of Braciator and Le Bi-acer. The business of brewing was formerly carried on by women, and hence the A-Sax. feminine termination stjv, in Brewster. In the H.R. we find the name of one Clarissa la Braceresse. In the XV. cent, the name as well as the occupation was often written Berebrewer.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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