Broun 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 1
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
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 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Broun Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Broun family

Profession Census Frequency
Law Stationer 2
Female Servant 1
Independent 1
Male Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Broun

Name Census Frequency
Mary Broun 86
John Broun 73
William Broun 64
Elizabeth Broun 49
Thomas Broun 49
George Broun 44
James Broun 39
Sarah Broun 27
Charles Broun 26
Margaret Broun 22
Annie Broun 21
Ann Broun 17
Robert Broun 17
Walter Broun 16
Emma Broun 15
Jane Broun 15
Alice Broun 14
Harry Broun 14
Samuel Broun 14
Edith Broun 12
Joseph Broun 12
Emily Broun 11
Henry Broun 11
Ellen Broun 10
Frank Broun 10

Broun Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bourne 50% 39,866
2 Burn 40% 32,363
3 Brain 60% 24,766
4 Baron 60% 22,589
5 Obrien 50% 17,701
6 Brian 60% 12,455
7 Brien 60% 12,036
8 Brine 40% 6,722
9 Bourn 60% 6,046
10 Breen 60% 5,606
11 Burne 20% 5,511
12 Obrian 50% 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 60% 2,432
19 Borne 40% 2,130
20 Oborne 33% 2,120
21 Brion 60% 2,087
22 Birnie 33% 1,362
23 Broun 100% 1,240
24 Brane 40% 1,126
25 Eborn 40% 1,104
26 Oborn 40% 1,062
27 Braun 80% 1,044
28 Boran 40% 1,005
29 Beran 40% 970
30 Brun 80% 941
31 Bruin 60% 842
32 Auburn 33% 821
33 Boorn 60% 775
34 Brean 60% 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 83% 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 40% 187
61 Barin 40% 180
62 Brune 60% 167
63 Baaran 33% 153
64 Aborn 40% 149
65 Broan 80% 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 80% 126
74 Baurn 40% 122
75 Biren 40% 117
76 Boarne 33% 117
77 Brein 60% 116
78 Burno 20% 116
79 Boron 60% 115
80 Bruno 60% 111
81 Bearan 33% 104

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The surname Broun is the 23rd most popular variant of Bourne.

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