Broxton Family History
Broxton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Browston in Suffolk, recorded
in Domesday Book as Brockestuna, from the Old English personal
name Brocc (from Old English brocc ‘badger’) + Old
English tun ‘settlement’, or from Broxton in Cheshire, an
obscure name, possibly from Old English burgæsn ‘burial
place’.Possibly an altered spelling of German
Broxten, a variant of Broxtermann (see
Broxterman).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Broxton Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Broxton families
 21 - 39  8 - 20 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Broxton families
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60 - 117 21 - 59 |
1 - 20 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Broxton families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Broxton Family Origin
Broxton Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Broxton
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Broxton Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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