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 7
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 24
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 134
Cornwall 11
Cumberland 2
Derbyshire 53
Devon 410
Dorset 6
Durham 102
Essex 95
Gloucestershire 59
Hampshire 90
Herefordshire 18
Hertfordshire 37
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 38
Isle of Man 0
Kent 65
Lancashire 208
Leicestershire 26
Lincolnshire 42
London 334
Middlesex 32
Northumberland 7
Norfolk 131
Northamptonshire 40
Nottinghamshire 17
Oxfordshire 57
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 38
Shropshire 141
Suffolk 196
Somerset 249
Surrey 28
Sussex 17
Staffordshire 136
Warwickshire 64
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 76
Worcestershire 92
Yorkshire 177

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 8
Denbighshire 2
Flintshire 1
Glamorgan 28
Merionethshire 1
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 22
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 2

Broom Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Broom family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 581
Agricultural Labourer 104
Labourer 87
Domestic Servant 51
General Servant 41
Laundress 30
Carpenter 30
Dress Maker 27
Coal Miner 23
Servant 20
Farm Labourer 18
Farm Servant 18
House Keeper 18
Gardener 14
Ag Labourer 14
Tailor 14
Cook 11
Shoe Maker 11
Blacksmith 11
Shepherd 10
Groom 10
Nurse 9
Farm Servant Indoor 9
Tailoress 9
Hawker 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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