as a Last Name
- 3,116
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Brough
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from any of various places called Brough, of which there are several in Yorkshire and Derbyshire as well as elsewhere. The place name is from Old English burh ‘fortress’ and in most cases these are the sites of Roman fortifications. The pronunciation is usually ‘bruff’.
| 8,975th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Broussard, Broughton, Brouillette, Brouwer, Brousseau, Brouillard, Brouse, Braud, Broughman, Brougher
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 3,116
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Utah
- has the most people named Brough per capita
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