Broomfield
English
Etymology
From Old English brōm (“broom, gorse”) + feld (“field”).
Proper noun
Broomfield (countable and uncountable, plural Broomfields)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village in Chelmsford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7010).
- A village near Herne Bay, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1966).
- A village in Maidstone district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8352).
- A village in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST2231).
- A hamlet north-west of Chippenham, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8778).
- A settlement near Ellon, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9632).
- A consolidated city and county in Colorado, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Broomfield is the 11578th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2715 individuals. Broomfield is most common among Black/African American (56.02%) and White (36.83%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Broomfield”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 234.
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