Brocklehurst Surname

94,831st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,021 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Brocklehurst Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at the Badger-Hole Wood [v. Brock 1; and + Middle English hol(e, Old English hol + Middle English hurst, Old English hyrst, a wood] Robert de Brokholhurst, A.D. 1246.— Lanc. Assize Rolls.

Brocklehurst Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,4101:16,3402,371
United States6081:596,15048,585
Canada3041:121,20312,728
Australia2461:109,73912,234
New Zealand1431:31,6675,500
Scotland941:56,9564,742
Wales641:48,3524,540
South Africa311:1,747,66884,236
Zimbabwe171:908,13259,260
Northern Ireland161:115,3156,804
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Jersey51:19,8403,614
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
France31:22,140,907385,998
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Andorra21:41,9191,654
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,6351:14,9082,215
Wales81:196,0527,186
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States461:1,091,71163,103

Brocklehurst Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at the Badger-Hole Wood [v. Brock 1; and + Middle English hol(e, Old English hol + Middle English hurst, Old English hyrst, a wood] Robert de Brokholhurst, A.D. 1246.— Lanc. Assize Rolls.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Brockenhurst; a location name in Hampshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Brocklehurst Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Brocklehurst Come From? nationality or country of origin

Brocklehurst occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brocklehurst? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 94,831st most commonly held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,451,413 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 72 percent of Brocklehurst reside; 72 percent reside in Northern Europe and 72 percent reside in British Isles.

This surname is most prevalent in England, where it is held by 3,410 people, or 1 in 16,340. In England Brocklehurst is most prevalent in: Greater Manchester, where 17 percent live, Derbyshire, where 11 percent live and Cheshire, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account England this last name exists in 38 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

Brocklehurst Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Brocklehurst has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 209 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 1,322 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Brocklehurst Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Brocklehurst surname are 27% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 73.77% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Brocklehurst earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 4.71% more than the national average, earning R 248,832 per year; in United States they earn 6.91% more than the national average, earning $46,130 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.9% more than the national average, earning $51,123 CAD per year.

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