Brooks Family History
Brooks Name Meaning
English: from the possessive case of Brook (i.e. ‘of the
brook’).Jewish (Ashkenazic): Americanized form of one or more
like-sounding Jewish surnames.Americanized spelling of German
Brucks.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Brooks Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Brooks families
 1,028 - 2,053  343 - 1,027 |
 1 - 342  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Brooks families
|
2,589 - 5,175 864 - 2,588 |
1 - 863 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Brooks families
|
170 - 337 57 - 169 |
1 - 56 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Brooks Family Origin
Brooks Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Brooks
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Brooks Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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