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 0
Buckinghamshire 10
Berkshire 23
Cambridgeshire 16
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 396
Cornwall 8
Cumberland 8
Derbyshire 171
Devon 46
Dorset 0
Durham 42
Essex 69
Gloucestershire 162
Hampshire 32
Herefordshire 118
Hertfordshire 6
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 4
Kent 38
Lancashire 743
Leicestershire 162
Lincolnshire 44
London 562
Middlesex 80
Northumberland 5
Norfolk 101
Northamptonshire 48
Nottinghamshire 164
Oxfordshire 46
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 136
Suffolk 23
Somerset 12
Surrey 87
Sussex 110
Staffordshire 1,167
Warwickshire 665
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 18
Worcestershire 441
Yorkshire 787

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 13
Carmarthenshire 3
Denbighshire 36
Flintshire 14
Glamorgan 15
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 2
Monmouthshire 5
Pembrokeshire 5
Radnorshire 0

Brookes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Brookes family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 1,151
Coal Miner 109
Agricultural Labourer 77
General Labourer 77
Domestic Servant 52
Labourer 48
Cotton Weaver 44
Dress Maker 41
Farmer 34
Living On Own Means 32
Living On Her Own Means 28
General Servant 26
General Servant Domestic 24
Laundress 23
Errand Boy 22
General Domestic Servant 22
Farm Labourer 21
Clerk 20
Gardener 17
Brick Layer 16
House Painter 16
Blacksmith 14
Carpenter 14
Ag Labourer 14
Carter 13

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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