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 12
Buckinghamshire 9
Berkshire 34
Cambridgeshire 53
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 82
Cornwall 40
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 46
Devon 478
Dorset 20
Durham 78
Essex 199
Gloucestershire 130
Hampshire 123
Herefordshire 6
Hertfordshire 33
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 18
Isle of Man 0
Kent 84
Lancashire 274
Leicestershire 37
Lincolnshire 38
London 529
Middlesex 139
Northumberland 23
Norfolk 203
Northamptonshire 45
Nottinghamshire 40
Oxfordshire 56
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 18
Shropshire 36
Suffolk 168
Somerset 270
Surrey 78
Sussex 27
Staffordshire 181
Warwickshire 54
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 98
Worcestershire 67
Yorkshire 176

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 2
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 191
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 2
Monmouthshire 88
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Broom Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Broom family

Profession Census Frequency
School 416
Farm Labourer 58
General Labourer 38
Private Means 27
Labourer 25
Farmer 24
Dressmaker 23
General Servant (domestic) 22
Coal Miner Hewer 20
Carpenter 18
Cook (domestic) 17
Domestic Servant 17
House Painter 14
Laundress 14
None 14
Nil 13
Charwoman 12
Clerk 12
Dress Maker 12
At School 11
General Servant Domestic 11
Cook 10
Labourer General 10
Housemaid (domestic) 9
Plumber 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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