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    The surname Bromley

    An English place surname, carried by 5,576 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈbɹɑmli/ 2 syllables Soundex B654

    Bromley: #6,146 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bromley #6,146, 5,576 people Bromley: #6,146 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bromley #6,146, 5,576 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bromley is more common than 96.2% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Bromley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 5,576 people named Bromley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 55,370 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,465.

    #6,146
    rank among US surnames
    5,576
    people in 2010
    1.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #5,795)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,140Macpherson5,57955,341
    #6,141Hanrahan5,57855,351
    #6,143Karp5,57755,361
    #6,146Bromley5,57655,370
    #6,147Storms5,57555,380

    Who is named Bromley

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    91% of people named Bromley identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bromleys

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Notable Bromleys come mostly from the United States (2), the United Kingdom (1) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Bromley

    Bromley has the Soundex code B654, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B654.

    Other English surnames

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    Questions

    Where does the surname Bromley come from?
    From Old English brōm (“broom”) + lēah (“wood”). Equivalent to broom + -ley and doublet of Brimley; compare Broom.
    How common is the surname Bromley?
    5,576 people in the United States had the surname Bromley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,370 Americans. It ranked 6,146th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bromley?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Bromley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Bromley?
    Sheila Bromley, actress (1907-2003), followed by Sydney Bromley.
    Where is the surname Bromley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bromley in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
    How do you pronounce Bromley?
    Bromley is /ˈbɹɑmli/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Bromley?
    Bromley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Bromley getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,465 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,576 in 2010, up 2.0%.
    What are other spellings of Bromley?
    Bramley.