Brokenshire Surname

242,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,642 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Brokenshire Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brokenshire Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4271:130,48712,922
Australia4121:65,5247,833
United States3821:948,84570,809
New Zealand2051:22,0893,870
Canada1491:247,28623,510
South Africa371:1,464,26276,407
Wales201:154,72710,755
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2781:87,6819,186
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States441:1,141,33465,198

Brokenshire Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brokenshire has its highest incidence in England. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brokenshire? popularity and diffusion

Brokenshire is the 242,956th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 4,438,213 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 38 percent of Brokenshire are found; 38 percent are found in Australasia and 38 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

This surname is most common in England, where it is carried by 427 people, or 1 in 130,487. In England Brokenshire is mostly concentrated in: Cornwall, where 39 percent are found, Devon, where 15 percent are found and Kent, where 6 percent are found. Beside England it occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 23 percent are found.

Brokenshire Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Brokenshire has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name rose 154 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 868 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Brokenshire Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Brokenshire last name are 1.41% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.64% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Brokenshire earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 10.66% less than the national average, earning R 212,304 per year; in United States they earn 2.42% more than the national average, earning $44,195 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.32% more than the national average, earning $53,819 CAD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Brokenshire
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