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 17
Buckinghamshire 26
Berkshire 15
Cambridgeshire 6
Channel Islands 10
Cheshire 792
Cornwall 16
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 332
Devon 35
Dorset 5
Durham 112
Essex 109
Gloucestershire 273
Hampshire 51
Herefordshire 197
Hertfordshire 34
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 3
Isle of Man 5
Kent 76
Lancashire 1,810
Leicestershire 324
Lincolnshire 29
London 694
Middlesex 188
Northumberland 10
Norfolk 79
Northamptonshire 67
Nottinghamshire 214
Oxfordshire 40
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 3
Shropshire 209
Suffolk 8
Somerset 42
Surrey 95
Sussex 64
Staffordshire 2,650
Warwickshire 1,368
Westmorland 6
Wiltshire 40
Worcestershire 925
Yorkshire 1,158

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 18
Cardiganshire 2
Carnarvonshire 94
Carmarthenshire 8
Denbighshire 42
Flintshire 17
Glamorgan 110
Merionethshire 16
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 88
Pembrokeshire 2
Radnorshire 5

Brookes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Brookes family

Profession Census Frequency
School 1,158
Coal Miner Hewer 121
Labourer 75
Farm Labourer 68
General Servant (domestic) 64
General Labourer 57
Private Means 52
Bricklayer 45
Clerk 41
At Home 41
Housekeeper 36
None 35
Farmer 33
Carter 33
Dressmaker 32
House Keeper 32
House Painter 31
Home 31
At School 28
Charwoman 28
Domestic Servant 26
Assisting In Business 25
Assisting In The Business 25
Laundress 25
Nil 24

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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