Brocein Surname

14,316,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Brocein Surname Definition:

BROCEIN: Brocein was one of the witnesses to the grant by Colbain, mormaer of Buchan and Eva his wife, to the monastery of Deer, c. 1131 (Bk. Deer, VI 25). In the letter of protection by King David I to the same clerics (c. 1150) he appears again among the witnesses as Brocin.

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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Brocein Surname Meaning

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BROCEIN: Brocein was one of the witnesses to the grant by Colbain, mormaer of Buchan and Eva his wife, to the monastery of Deer, c. 1131 (Bk. Deer, VI 25). In the letter of protection by King David I to the same clerics (c. 1150) he appears again among the witnesses as Brocin. The name is a diminutive of brocc, a badger, a common element in Gaelic personal names in inscriptions, both ogham and Roman, in southwestern Ireland and in western Britain.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

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