Broome 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 6
Berkshire 18
Cambridgeshire 6
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 217
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 9
Derbyshire 77
Devon 34
Dorset 2
Durham 44
Essex 57
Gloucestershire 64
Hampshire 64
Herefordshire 35
Hertfordshire 15
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 17
Isle of Man 1
Kent 50
Lancashire 589
Leicestershire 71
Lincolnshire 7
London 265
Middlesex 100
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 49
Northamptonshire 28
Nottinghamshire 72
Oxfordshire 28
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 17
Shropshire 206
Suffolk 39
Somerset 44
Surrey 74
Sussex 26
Staffordshire 300
Warwickshire 75
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 33
Worcestershire 88
Yorkshire 183

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 7
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 16
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 2
Flintshire 4
Glamorgan 66
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 5
Monmouthshire 18
Pembrokeshire 4
Radnorshire 1

Broome Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Broome family

Profession Census Frequency
School 302
Farm Labourer 20
Farmer 20
Private Means 19
Coal Miner Hewer 18
General Labourer 17
At Home 15
Labourer 14
General Servant (domestic) 14
Shop Assistant 10
Cook 10
Scholar 10
Cook (domestic) 9
House Painter 9
Gardener Domestic 9
Edge Tool Polisher 9
Carter 8
Waggoner On Farm 8
Clerk 7
Domestic Servant 7
Grocer Assistant 7
House Keeper 7
General Servant Domestic 7
House Duties 7
Labourer General 7

Most Frequent Forenames for Broome

Name Census Frequency
William Broome 642
John Broome 615
Mary Broome 605
Elizabeth Broome 431
Sarah Broome 377
George Broome 345
Thomas Broome 302
James Broome 296
Joseph Broome 208
Charles Broome 205
Annie Broome 199
Henry Broome 184
Jane Broome 180
Alice Broome 168
Eliza Broome 161
Emma Broome 155
Ann Broome 147
Samuel Broome 141
Ellen Broome 137
Alfred Broome 134
Emily Broome 126
Arthur Broome 123
Edward Broome 112
Richard Broome 112
Frederick Broome 109

Broome Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Broom 83% 26,801
2 Broome 100% 10,695
3 Abram 33% 8,315
4 Brame 67% 2,624
5 Bream 50% 952
6 Braim 50% 779
7 Brum 50% 715
8 Bram 50% 614
9 Brome 83% 553
10 Brim 50% 332
11 Brom 67% 327
12 Boram 33% 306
13 Braime 67% 299
14 Biram 33% 241
15 Barm 33% 222
16 Breame 67% 186
17 Burm 33% 180
18 Breeme 67% 131
19 Breem 50% 113
20 Baram 33% 108

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The surname Broome is the 2nd most popular variant of Broom.

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