How common is the surname Broomfield?

2,715 people in the United States had the surname Broomfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,718 Americans. It ranked 11,578th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Broomfield?

William Broomfield, American politician.

Where is the surname Broomfield most common?

Wikidata records people named Broomfield in the United States.

Is the surname Broomfield getting more or less common?

More common. 2,629 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,715 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Broomfield

An English place surname, carried by 2,715 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B651

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Broomfield is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English brōm (“broom, gorse”) + feld (“field”).

Broomfield 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 2,715 people named Broomfield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 113,718 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,629.

#11,578

rank among US surnames

2,715

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #11,088)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,572	Kelton	2,717	113,635
#11,576	Albarado	2,716	113,677
#11,578	Gutowski	2,715	113,718
#11,584	Farquhar	2,714	113,760
#11,585	Crothers	2,713	113,802
#11,587	Marconi	2,712	113,844

Who is named Broomfield

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

56% of people named Broomfield identified as Black (not Hispanic), 37% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 56%
White (not Hispanic) 37%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 3.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Broomfields

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Broomfield
American politician, 1922–2019

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Broomfield

Broomfield has the Soundex code B651, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B651.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Broomfield come from?: From Old English brōm (“broom, gorse”) + feld (“field”).
How common is the surname Broomfield?: 2,715 people in the United States had the surname Broomfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,718 Americans. It ranked 11,578th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Broomfield?: In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Broomfield identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 37% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Broomfield?: William Broomfield, American politician.
Where is the surname Broomfield most common?: Wikidata records people named Broomfield in the United States.
What type of surname is Broomfield?: Broomfield is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Broomfield getting more or less common?: More common. 2,629 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,715 in 2010, up 3.3%.