Broom 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 3
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 28
Channel Islands 3
Cheshire 165
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 3
Derbyshire 72
Devon 405
Dorset 6
Durham 33
Essex 70
Gloucestershire 57
Hampshire 77
Herefordshire 27
Hertfordshire 29
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 36
Isle of Man 3
Kent 40
Lancashire 196
Leicestershire 28
Lincolnshire 38
London 233
Middlesex 18
Northumberland 8
Norfolk 131
Northamptonshire 27
Nottinghamshire 35
Oxfordshire 45
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 36
Shropshire 109
Suffolk 186
Somerset 244
Surrey 21
Sussex 15
Staffordshire 165
Warwickshire 21
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 23
Worcestershire 67
Yorkshire 158

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 9
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 28
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 2
Monmouthshire 24
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Broom Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Broom family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 455
Agricultural Labourer 141
Labourer 50
House Servant 40
Dress Maker 30
Servant 24
Carter 22
Laundress 22
Carpenter 22
General Servant 16
Farm Labourer 16
Wife Of Above 14
Gardener 14
Silk Weaver 12
Nurse 12
Cotton Weaver 11
Blacksmith 11
Farmer 11
Shoe Maker 11
Ag Labourer 11
Glover 11
House Keeper 10
Coal Miner 9
Mariner 9
Groom 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Broom

Name Census Frequency
William Broom 1,924
Mary Broom 1,730
John Broom 1,592
Elizabeth Broom 1,220
Sarah Broom 1,037
George Broom 984
James Broom 916
Thomas Broom 832
Henry Broom 669
Ann Broom 607
Charles Broom 492
Jane Broom 429
Eliza Broom 403
Ellen Broom 398
Robert Broom 389
Emma Broom 378
Alice Broom 376
Joseph Broom 335
Annie Broom 334
Edward Broom 317
Samuel Broom 308
Richard Broom 288
Hannah Broom 273
Frederick Broom 270
Martha Broom 262

Broom Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Broom 100% 26,801
2 Broome 83% 10,695
3 Abram 40% 8,315
4 Brame 40% 2,624
5 Bream 60% 952
6 Braim 60% 779
7 Brum 60% 715
8 Bram 60% 614
9 Brome 60% 553
10 Brim 60% 332
11 Brom 80% 327
12 Boram 40% 306
13 Braime 50% 299
14 Biram 40% 241
15 Barm 40% 222
16 Breame 50% 186
17 Burm 40% 180
18 Breeme 50% 131
19 Breem 60% 113
20 Baram 40% 108

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The surname Broom is the most popular version of all its varients

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