Broughton Family History
Broughton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the many places in all parts
of England called Broughton. The first element is variously Old
English broc ‘brook’, burh ‘fortress’, or
beorg ‘hill’, ‘mound’; the second is in all cases Old English
tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Broughton Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Broughton families
 70 - 137  24 - 69 |
 1 - 23  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Broughton families
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597 - 1,191 200 - 596 |
1 - 199 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Broughton families
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7 - 11 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Broughton Family Origin
Broughton Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Broughton
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Broughton Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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