Brokenborough

English

Alternative forms

• Brokenbrow

Etymology

From Old English brocen (“broken; uneven”) + beorg (“mountain, hill”).

Proper noun

Brokenborough (countable and uncountable, plural Brokenboroughs)

1. A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST918892).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Brokenborough is the 140157^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 119 individuals. Brokenborough is most common among White (92.44%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brokenborough”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 233.