How common is the surname Broughton?

12,273 people in the United States had the surname Broughton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,156 Americans. It ranked 2,918th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Broughton?

John Broughton, Australian astronomer, followed by Bruce Broughton.

Where is the surname Broughton most common?

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

How do you pronounce Broughton?

Broughton is /bɹɔːtən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Broughton getting more or less common?

More common. 11,574 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,273 in 2010, up 6.0%.

The surname Broughton

An English place surname, carried by 12,273 people in the United States.

Pronounced /bɹɔːtən/ 2 syllables Soundex B623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Broughton is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Broughton 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 12,273 people named Broughton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,156 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,574.

#2,918

rank among US surnames

12,273

people in 2010

4.2

per 100,000 Americans

+6%

change since 2000 (was #2,844)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,909	Concepcion	12,332	25,036
#2,910	Lemons	12,322	25,056
#2,911	Matson	12,320	25,061
#2,912	Brinson	12,303	25,095
#2,914	Ralston	12,302	25,097
#2,915	Altamirano	12,296	25,109
#2,916	Swann	12,293	25,116

Who is named Broughton

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

66% of people named Broughton identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Black (not Hispanic) 29%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Broughtons

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Broughton
Australian astronomer, born 1952
Bruce Broughton
American composer, born 1945
Jack Broughton
British boxer, 1703–1789
J. Melville Broughton
American politician (1888-1949)

Notable Broughtons come mostly from the United States (2), Australia (1) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Broughton

Broughton has the Soundex code B623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B623.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Broughton come from?: From Old English beorg (“mountain, hill”) or brōc (“brook, stream, torrent”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
How common is the surname Broughton?: 12,273 people in the United States had the surname Broughton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,156 Americans. It ranked 2,918th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Broughton?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Broughton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Broughton?: John Broughton, Australian astronomer, followed by Bruce Broughton.
Where is the surname Broughton most common?: Wikidata records people named Broughton in the United States, Australia and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
How do you pronounce Broughton?: Broughton is /bɹɔːtən/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Broughton?: Broughton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Broughton getting more or less common?: More common. 11,574 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,273 in 2010, up 6.0%.