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The BROOKSHAW surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 131 121780 0 0
United States (1880 census) 20 72988 0 0
Change since 1880 +111 -48792 +N/A +N/A
Other Countries
Australia 80 17361 0 5
United Kingdom 332 11926 0.001 7
Top States for BROOKSHAW by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Wisconsin 48 15520 0.001 9
Illinois 21 48194 0.000 2
Pennsylvania 11 88643 0.000 1
California 10 148993 0.000 0
Georgia 9 37656 0.000 1
Top States for BROOKSHAW by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Wisconsin 48 15520 0.001 9
Alabama 8 22133 0.000 2
Illinois 21 48194 0.000 2
Oregon 5 54053 0.000 1
Tennessee 7 33194 0.000 1

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called BROOKSHAW live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called BROOKSHAW represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called BROOKSHAW in Wisconsin than any other state, but you are more likely to find a BROOKSHAW by picking someone at random in Wisconsin than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of BROOKSHAW

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the BROOKSHAW surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the BROOKSHAW surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of BROOKSHAW in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 92 70.23
Black/African American 31 23.66
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Mixed Race Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan None reported 0
White (Hispanic) Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the BROOKSHAW surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of BROOKSHAW in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of BROOKSHAW.

Similar names to BROOKSHAW

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as BROOKSHAW.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for BROOKSHAW

The following words are slight variants of BROOKSHAW that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.