Broan Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 3
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 2
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Broan Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Broan family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer In Iorn Works 1
House Servant 1
Coal Miner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Broan

Name Census Frequency
Elizabeth Broan 12
John Broan 11
William Broan 8
Samuel Broan 7
Sarah Broan 7
Mary Broan 6
Beatrice Broan 5
George Broan 5
Ann Broan 3
Jane Broan 3
Thomas Broan 3
Albert Broan 2
Alfred Broan 2
Alice Broan 2
Catherine Broan 2
David Broan 2
Edwin Broan 2
Fred Broan 2
Henry Broan 2
Ivey Broan 2
James Broan 2
Joseph Broan 2
Minnie Broan 2
Robert Broan 2
Rosina Broan 2

Broan Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bourne 33% 39,866
2 Burn 40% 32,363
3 Brain 60% 24,766
4 Baron 60% 22,589
5 Obrien 50% 17,701
6 Brian 80% 12,455
7 Brien 60% 12,036
8 Brine 40% 6,722
9 Bourn 40% 6,046
10 Breen 60% 5,606
11 Burne 20% 5,511
12 Obrian 67% 3,536
13 Braine 50% 3,530
14 Born 60% 3,243
15 Barn 40% 2,880
16 Barne 20% 2,685
17 Bearne 33% 2,586
18 Bran 80% 2,432
19 Borne 40% 2,130
20 Oborne 33% 2,120
21 Brion 60% 2,087
22 Birnie 33% 1,362
23 Broun 80% 1,240
24 Brane 60% 1,126
25 Eborn 40% 1,104
26 Oborn 40% 1,062
27 Braun 60% 1,044
28 Boran 60% 1,005
29 Beran 60% 970
30 Brun 60% 941
31 Bruin 60% 842
32 Auburn 17% 821
33 Boorn 60% 775
34 Brean 80% 734
35 Eburne 17% 709
36 Bearon 50% 610
37 Obern 20% 553
38 Boorne 50% 543
39 Bearn 40% 508
40 Burnie 33% 495
41 Baren 40% 478
42 Broune 67% 376
43 Bern 40% 365
44 Bren 60% 363
45 Broon 80% 336
46 Eaborn 33% 334
47 Beirne 33% 318
48 Breene 50% 309
49 Brin 60% 306
50 Obrine 33% 299
51 Bruen 60% 290
52 Berne 20% 248
53 Buron 60% 236
54 Baurne 33% 224
55 Brone 60% 220
56 Eaborne 29% 214
57 Bron 80% 202
58 Aburn 20% 196
59 Obrion 50% 195
60 Baran 60% 187
61 Barin 40% 180
62 Brune 40% 167
63 Baaran 50% 153
64 Aborn 40% 149
65 Broan 100% 140
66 Eburn 20% 138
67 Broone 67% 135
68 Bernie 33% 134
69 Obrain 50% 132
70 Beron 60% 130
71 Birne 20% 130
72 Biron 60% 129
73 Bruun 60% 126
74 Baurn 40% 122
75 Biren 40% 117
76 Boarne 50% 117
77 Brein 60% 116
78 Burno 20% 116
79 Boron 60% 115
80 Bruno 40% 111
81 Bearan 50% 104

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The surname Broan is the 65th most popular variant of Bourne.

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