Brow Family History
Brow Name Meaning
English: either a descriptive nickname for someone with bushy
or otherwise distinctive eyebrows, from Middle English browe
‘eyebrow’, ‘eyelid’ (Old English bru), but, more likely, a
topographic name for someone who lived at the brow of a hill from a
transferred use of the same word; surnames of the type de la
Browe are recorded from the end of the 13th century.Americanized spelling of French Braud.Americanized spelling of Dutch Brouw, an occupational name
for a brewer, from a derivative of Middle High Dutch brouwen
‘to brew’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Brow
Name Distribution of Brow Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Brow families
 35 - 67  12 - 34 |
 1 - 11  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Brow families
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16 - 30 6 - 15 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Brow families
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15 - 27 6 - 14 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Brow census records
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Brow Family Origin
Brow Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Brow
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Brow Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Brow census records
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Brow Civil War Service Records
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