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 11
Buckinghamshire 3
Berkshire 11
Cambridgeshire 56
Channel Islands 3
Cheshire 93
Cornwall 22
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 57
Devon 341
Dorset 7
Durham 83
Essex 112
Gloucestershire 133
Hampshire 131
Herefordshire 5
Hertfordshire 14
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 28
Isle of Man 1
Kent 92
Lancashire 251
Leicestershire 36
Lincolnshire 16
London 521
Middlesex 57
Northumberland 18
Norfolk 179
Northamptonshire 51
Nottinghamshire 64
Oxfordshire 60
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 28
Shropshire 111
Suffolk 173
Somerset 289
Surrey 62
Sussex 21
Staffordshire 166
Warwickshire 68
Westmorland 2
Wiltshire 66
Worcestershire 64
Yorkshire 176

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 3
Cardiganshire 7
Carnarvonshire 4
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 133
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 4
Monmouthshire 45
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Broom Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Broom family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 45
General Servant Domestic 36
Scholar 34
Dress Maker 29
Living On Own Means 28
Agricultural Labourer 27
Domestic Servant 22
Farmer 22
Cook Domestic 18
Laundress Wash 18
School 18
Servant Domestic 18
Housemaid Domestic 16
Charwoman 15
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 12
Coal Miner 12
Coal Miner Hewer 11
House Maid Domestic 10
Gardener Domestic 10
Carpenter 9
School Boy 9
Dressmaker 8
Errand Boy Port 8
Tailoress 7
Retired Farmer 7

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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