# Brough (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/brough/  
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) | 3,345 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,698 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 92,301 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.9% (3,158 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɹʌf/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Bruff |

## Etymology

From Old English burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of borough, burgh, and Bury.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Brough 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Brough in the United States and Australia.

## People named Brough

- Louise Brough, American tennis player (1923–2014)
- Charles Hillman Brough, American academic and politician (1876-1935)
- Greg Brough, Australian swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist (1951-2014)

## Similar surnames

Bergh, Brow, Burrough, Bro, Burroughs, Brush, Borg, Bürg, Bourg, Brousseau, Broach, Brochu.

## 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.