Brookes Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 15
Buckinghamshire 15
Berkshire 38
Cambridgeshire 3
Channel Islands 7
Cheshire 509
Cornwall 7
Cumberland 5
Derbyshire 184
Devon 23
Dorset 1
Durham 83
Essex 55
Gloucestershire 270
Hampshire 19
Herefordshire 154
Hertfordshire 11
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 33
Isle of Man 4
Kent 70
Lancashire 1,140
Leicestershire 226
Lincolnshire 33
London 535
Middlesex 104
Northumberland 18
Norfolk 85
Northamptonshire 68
Nottinghamshire 171
Oxfordshire 52
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 33
Shropshire 213
Suffolk 15
Somerset 31
Surrey 76
Sussex 55
Staffordshire 1,663
Warwickshire 937
Westmorland 7
Wiltshire 33
Worcestershire 695
Yorkshire 858

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 15
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 59
Carmarthenshire 3
Denbighshire 36
Flintshire 14
Glamorgan 64
Merionethshire 26
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 54
Pembrokeshire 2
Radnorshire 1

Brookes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Brookes family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 84
Living On Own Means 74
General Servant Domestic 71
Coal Miner Hewer 58
Dress Maker 47
Scholar 45
Cook Domestic 36
Cotton Weaver 35
Agricultural Labourer 30
Farmer 29
House Painter 26
Housemaid Domestic 24
Laundress Wash 24
Charwoman 23
Domestic Servant 23
Brick Layer 19
Bricklayer 19
Gardener Domestic 19
Tailoress 18
Coal Miner 17
Servant Domestic 17
Coal Hewer 16
House Keeper 16
Butcher 15
Carpenter 14

Most Frequent Forenames for Brookes

Name Census Frequency
William Brookes 3,103
Mary Brookes 2,993
John Brookes 2,669
Thomas Brookes 1,841
Elizabeth Brookes 1,840
Sarah Brookes 1,793
George Brookes 1,638
James Brookes 1,477
Joseph Brookes 1,139
Ann Brookes 995
Charles Brookes 926
Henry Brookes 755
Alice Brookes 745
Emma Brookes 731
Annie Brookes 719
Jane Brookes 689
Eliza Brookes 657
Samuel Brookes 616
Arthur Brookes 607
Edward Brookes 594
Ellen Brookes 593
Alfred Brookes 555
Hannah Brookes 555
Albert Brookes 479
Florence Brookes 465

Brookes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Brooks 86% 207,747
2 Brookes 100% 48,596
3 Birks 43% 13,371
4 Barks 43% 6,211
5 Burks 43% 4,148
6 Berks 43% 4,037
7 Barkes 57% 2,170
8 Breaks 57% 1,812
9 Brakes 71% 893
10 Barkas 43% 864
11 Burkes 57% 605
12 Barkus 43% 426
13 Birkes 57% 348
14 Brokes 86% 302
15 Broks 71% 222
16 Briks 57% 167
17 Berkes 57% 151
18 Breeks 57% 104

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The surname Brookes is the 2nd most popular variant of Brooks.

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