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 15
Buckinghamshire 7
Berkshire 23
Cambridgeshire 38
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 92
Cornwall 6
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 74
Devon 475
Dorset 38
Durham 55
Essex 97
Gloucestershire 100
Hampshire 86
Herefordshire 23
Hertfordshire 22
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 49
Isle of Man 0
Kent 72
Lancashire 219
Leicestershire 23
Lincolnshire 31
London 407
Middlesex 38
Northumberland 5
Norfolk 139
Northamptonshire 39
Nottinghamshire 36
Oxfordshire 87
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 49
Shropshire 119
Suffolk 206
Somerset 264
Surrey 31
Sussex 9
Staffordshire 185
Warwickshire 45
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 60
Worcestershire 98
Yorkshire 180

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 3
Carmarthenshire 3
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 63
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 36
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Broom Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Broom family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 708
Agricultural Labourer 126
General Labourer 55
Dress Maker 45
Labourer 40
Laundress 39
Farm Labourer 37
General Servant 35
Coal Miner 28
Domestic Servant 27
Carpenter 19
Farm Servant Indoor 18
General Servant Domestic 17
Annuitant 16
Tailor 14
Charwoman 12
Farmers Son 12
Blacksmith 10
Cook Domestic Servant 10
House Keeper 9
Boot Maker 9
Painter 8
Servant 8
Shoe Maker 8
Gardener 8

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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