Brookland

English

Etymology

From Old English brōc (“brook, stream”) + land (“land”).

Proper noun

Brookland (countable and uncountable, plural Brooklands)

1. A village and civil parish in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ990259).
2. A city in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States.
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Brookland is the 47428^th most common surname in England, belonging to 60 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brookland”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 234.