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 occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brokenshire? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 242,956th most frequently held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,438,213 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 38 percent of Brokenshire live; 38 percent live in Australasia and 38 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name is most frequent in England, where it is carried by 427 people, or 1 in 130,487. In England it is mostly found in: Cornwall, where 39 percent reside, Devon, where 15 percent reside and Kent, where 6 percent reside. Aside from England this last name occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 23 percent reside.

Brokenshire Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Brokenshire has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Brokenshire last name increased 154 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 868 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Brokenshire Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Brokenshire last name are 1.41% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.64% registered with 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
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  • 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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