# Bromley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bromley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,576 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,146 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 55,370 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.0% (5,465 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɹɑmli/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Bramley |

## Etymology

From Old English brōm (“broom”) + lēah (“wood”). Equivalent to broom + -ley and doublet of Brimley; compare Broom.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bromley in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bromley in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named Bromley

- Sheila Bromley, actress (1907-2003)
- Sydney Bromley, British actor (1909–1987)
- Ernest Bromley, Australian cricketer (1912-1967)
- Helen Jean Brown, American botanist (1903-1982)

## Similar surnames

Brumley, Bramley, Brimley, Bramel, Brownlee, Bramlett, Burnley, Brinley, Bromwell, Bernal, Barnhill, Brownell.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.