Brownbill Surname

341,803rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,074 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Brownbill Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. Probably an imitative corruption of some local surname at a time when the brownbill (the halbert of the English foot-soldier) was a familiar term.

1561. Buried — Elizabeth Browmbell: Prestbury Ch.

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Brownbill Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6521:85,4579,364
Australia2411:112,01512,478
United States711:5,105,055259,233
Wales331:93,7747,567
Canada271:1,364,65295,501
Saint Kitts and Nevis141:3,943476
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
France21:33,211,361423,184
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3281:74,3158,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Brownbill Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. Probably an imitative corruption of some local surname at a time when the brownbill (the halbert of the English foot-soldier) was a familiar term.

1561. Buried — Elizabeth Browmbell: Prestbury Ch. (Cheshire).

1363. — Joane Brownbell: ibid.

George Brombell, of Poynton, 1573.

Nicholas Brombill, of Roby, 1608.

Lawrence Brownbell, of Poynton, 1602: Wills at Chester.

Oliver Brownbill, of Kirkby, 1614: ibid.

Thus it is clear that our Brownbills have no connexion with the old weapon of the English infantry. The variants in the registers of Prestbury Church (Cheshire) are Brownbill, Brambell, Broombill, Brownbell, and Browmbell. The earliest entries (1560-80) are almost always Browmbell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) a nickname from the famous old English weapon the bill: cp. Brownsword [Old English brún, brown + bill, a sword, axe]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A well-known weapon in medieval warfare.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Brownbill Last Name Facts

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

The last name Brownbill is found in England more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brownbill? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 341,803rd most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,785,425 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 65 percent of Brownbill live; 64 percent live in Northern Europe and 64 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most prevalent in England, where it is carried by 652 people, or 1 in 85,457. In England Brownbill is most numerous in: Merseyside, where 35 percent are found, Cheshire, where 15 percent are found and Greater London, where 10 percent are found. Excluding England it occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.

Brownbill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Brownbill has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Brownbill last name increased 199 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 1,420 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Brownbill Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Brownbill surname are 15.19% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 68.42% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Brownbill earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 4.08% more than the national average, earning R 247,332 per year; in United States they earn 23.42% more than the national average, earning $53,253 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.2% more than the national average, earning $59,719 CAD per year.

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