Brokenborough
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English brocen (“broken; uneven”) + beorg (“mountain, hill”).
Proper noun
editBrokenborough (countable and uncountable, plural Brokenboroughs)
- A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST918892).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Brokenborough is the 140157th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 119 individuals. Brokenborough is most common among White (92.44%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brokenborough”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 233.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Wiltshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Wiltshire, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English