Brookins

English

Alternative forms

• Brookens, Brooking, Brookings

Etymology

A topographic surname for someone who lived by a stream, from a derivative of Old English brōc (“stream, brook”).

Proper noun

Brookins (plural Brookinses)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Brookins is the 6219^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5499 individuals. Brookins is most common among Black/African American (56.52%) and White (38.39%) individuals.

Further reading

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