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    The surname Brough

    An English place surname, carried by 3,345 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈbɹʌf/ 1 syllable Soundex B620

    Brough: #9,698 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brough #9,698, 3,345 people Brough: #9,698 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brough #9,698, 3,345 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brough is more common than 94% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Brough 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 3,345 people named Brough in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,301 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,158.

    #9,698
    rank among US surnames
    3,345
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #9,448)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,691Paramo3,34892,218
    #9,692Geis3,34792,245
    #9,695Charleston3,34692,273
    #9,698Vanzant3,34592,301
    #9,701Vancamp3,34492,328

    Who is named Brough

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

    94% of people named Brough identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Broughs

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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)

    Notable Broughs come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Bruff

    Surnames that sound like Brough

    Brough has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Brough come from?
    From Old English burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of borough, burgh, and Bury.
    How common is the surname Brough?
    3,345 people in the United States had the surname Brough in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,301 Americans. It ranked 9,698th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brough?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Brough identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Brough?
    Louise Brough, American tennis player (1923–2014), followed by Charles Hillman Brough.
    Where is the surname Brough most common?
    Wikidata records people named Brough in the United States and Australia.
    How do you pronounce Brough?
    Brough is /ˈbɹʌf/, one syllable.
    What type of surname is Brough?
    Brough is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Brough getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,158 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,345 in 2010, up 5.9%.
    What are other spellings of Brough?
    Bruff.