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 6
Buckinghamshire 3
Berkshire 11
Cambridgeshire 30
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 169
Cornwall 10
Cumberland 2
Derbyshire 51
Devon 408
Dorset 21
Durham 15
Essex 67
Gloucestershire 72
Hampshire 34
Herefordshire 29
Hertfordshire 21
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 39
Isle of Man 8
Kent 36
Lancashire 98
Leicestershire 36
Lincolnshire 33
London 180
Middlesex 20
Northumberland 11
Norfolk 109
Northamptonshire 26
Nottinghamshire 22
Oxfordshire 33
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 39
Shropshire 102
Suffolk 141
Somerset 275
Surrey 11
Sussex 11
Staffordshire 119
Warwickshire 45
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 76
Worcestershire 93
Yorkshire 106

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 13
Denbighshire 5
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 16
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 10
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Broom Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Broom family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 314
Agricultural Labourer 124
House Servant 60
Labourer 59
Servant 36
Farm Labourer 33
Hand Loom Weaver Silk 26
Dress Maker 19
Coal Miner 17
General Servant 16
Farm Servant 16
At Home 15
Shoe Maker 15
Ag Labourer 14
Carpenter 13
Scholar At Home 13
Gardener 12
Laundress 12
Pauper 12
Farmer 11
Ag Lab 11
House Keeper 9
Farmer's Son 9
Tailor 9
None 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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