# Broughton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/broughton/  
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) | 12,273 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,918 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 25,156 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.0% (11,574 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /bɹɔːtən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English beorg (“mountain, hill”) or brōc (“brook, stream, torrent”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Broughton 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) | 66% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 29% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Broughton in the United States, Australia and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

## People named Broughton

- John Broughton, Australian astronomer
- Bruce Broughton, American composer
- Jack Broughton, British boxer
- J. Melville Broughton, American politician (1888-1949)

## Similar surnames

Bruton, Borton, Brighton, Bright, Brogdon, Brightman, Brocato, Brogden, Broxton, Brost, Brewster, Burkett.

## 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.