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UK surname

Bromby

In the 1881 census there were 127 people recorded with the Bromby surname, ranking it #17,166 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 274, ranked #15,759, up from #17,166 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Hull Holy Trinity, Poole St James and South Stoneham. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Kingston upon Hull, Stockton-on-Tees and Hartlepool.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Bromby is 281 in 2010. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 115.7%.

1881 census count

127

Ranked #17,166

Modern count

274

2016, ranked #15,759

Peak year

2010

281 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Bromby had 127 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #17,166 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 274 in 2016, ranked #15,759.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 272 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Young Families in Industrial Towns.

Bromby surname distribution map

The map shows where the Bromby surname is concentrated in each census or modern distribution year. Darker areas mean a stronger local concentration.

Distribution map

Bromby surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Bromby over time

The table below tracks recorded surname counts and rank from the 19th-century census years through the modern adult-register period.

Year Period Count Rank
1851 historical 118 #15,362
1861 historical 217 #11,220
1881 historical 127 #17,166
1891 historical 193 #15,335
1901 historical 207 #14,803
1911 historical 272 #12,205
1997 modern 250 #15,281
1998 modern 251 #15,631
1999 modern 257 #15,506
2000 modern 260 #15,360
2001 modern 243 #15,791
2002 modern 240 #16,291
2003 modern 238 #16,144
2004 modern 239 #16,193
2005 modern 245 #15,857
2006 modern 255 #15,521
2007 modern 261 #15,444
2008 modern 264 #15,468
2009 modern 260 #15,972
2010 modern 281 #15,441
2011 modern 281 #15,276
2012 modern 273 #15,546
2013 modern 269 #15,963
2014 modern 280 #15,621
2015 modern 273 #15,789
2016 modern 274 #15,759

Geography

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Where Brombys are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Hull Holy Trinity, Poole St James, South Stoneham, Stranton and Portsmouth, Portsea. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Kingston upon Hull, Stockton-on-Tees and Hartlepool. Treat these as concentration signals, not proof that every family line began there.

Some modern areas include a three-digit suffix, such as Leeds 110. The suffix is a small-area code, so it stays in the table while the prose uses the plain place name.

Top historical parishes

Rank Parish Area
1 Hull Holy Trinity Yorkshire, East Riding
2 Poole St James Dorset
3 South Stoneham Hampshire
4 Stranton Durham
5 Portsmouth, Portsea Hampshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Kingston upon Hull 017 Kingston upon Hull, City of
2 Stockton-on-Tees 001 Stockton-on-Tees
3 Hartlepool 007 Hartlepool
4 Kingston upon Hull 015 Kingston upon Hull, City of
5 Kingston upon Hull 009 Kingston upon Hull, City of

Forenames

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First names often paired with Bromby

These lists show first names that appear often with the Bromby surname in historical and recent records.

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Bromby

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Bromby, this points to the kinds of places where the surname is most concentrated today.

These neighbourhood labels describe areas, not individual people. They are useful because surnames often cluster through family history, migration, housing patterns and local work. A surname can be strongest in one type of neighbourhood even when people with that name live across the country.

The UK classification gives the national picture. The London classification is more specific to the capital, where housing, age profile, tenure and population mix can look quite different from the rest of the UK.

UK neighbourhood type

UK Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Semi- and Un-Skilled Workforce

Group

Young Families in Industrial Towns

Nationally, the Bromby surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Young Families in Industrial Towns, within Semi- and Un-Skilled Workforce. This does not mean every Bromby household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

These neighbourhoods house predominantly young, UK-born individuals identifying with a White ethnic group with dependent children. Long-term disability and unpaid care are prevalent, and religious affiliations are uncommon. Housing is terraced or semi-detached and social rented sector housing is the norm. Unemployment is above the Supergroup average, and employment is principally in elementary occupations, as process plant and machine operatives, or in caring and leisure services. Educational attainment is low. The group is scattered throughout former industrial towns in the Midlands and the South Wales Valleys.

Wider pattern

Living in terraced or semi-detached houses, residents of these neighbourhoods typically lack high levels of education and work in elementary or routine service occupations. Unemployment is above average. Residents are predominantly born in the UK, and residents are also predominantly from ethnic minorities. Social (but not private sector) rented sector housing is common. This Supergroup is found throughout the UK’s conurbations and industrial regions but is also an integral part of smaller towns.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Young Families and Mainstream Employment

Group

Social Rented Sector and Diverse Origins

Within London, Bromby is most associated with areas classed as Social Rented Sector and Diverse Origins, part of Young Families and Mainstream Employment. This gives the surname a London-specific profile rather than forcing the capital into the same pattern as the rest of the country.

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Group profile

Scattered across London’s Inner and Outer suburbs, residents of these neighbourhoods are typically housed in the social rented sector. Although terraced and semi-detached houses predominate, more residents live in flats than elsewhere in the Supergroup. Neighbourhoods are more ethnically diverse than the Supergroup average. Those identifying as of Bangladeshi, Pakistani and some Black ethnicities are more prevalent. Europeans born in a overseas non-EU countries make up more of the lower proportion of residents identifying as White. Few residents are very old (85+). Employment in distribution, hotels and restaurants is more common than elsewhere in the Supergroup.

Wider London pattern

Many families in these neighbourhoods have young children. Housing is principally in the social rented sector, in terraced or semi-detached units. While over-all residential densities are low, overcrowding is also prevalent locally. Residents are drawn from a range of ethnic minorities, with many identifying as Black and above average numbers born in Africa. Numbers identifying as of Chinese, Indian or White ethnicity are below average. Levels of proficiency in English are below average. Levels of separation or divorce and incidence of disability are both above average. Education is typically limited to Level 1, 2, or apprenticeship qualifications. Few residents work in professional or managerial occupations but the employment structure is otherwise diverse: it includes skilled trades, caring, leisure and other service occupations, sales and customer service occupations, construction, and work as process, plant, and machine operatives.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Bromby is most concentrated in decile 9 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname towards the healthier end of the index.

Lower deciles point towards weaker access to healthy assets or stronger exposure to local hazards. Higher deciles point towards stronger access and fewer hazards.

9
Lower access Higher access

Neighbourhood deprivation

Index of Multiple Deprivation

Bromby falls in decile 1 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname towards the more deprived end of the index.

Decile 1 represents the more deprived end of the scale. Decile 10 represents the less deprived end.

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More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Bromby is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of Over 70 mbit/s.

The scale below places that band in context, from slower local download bands through to faster ones.

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Slower band Faster band

Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

This describes the area pattern most associated with Bromby, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Bromby families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Bromby surname. Use the location tables for concentration, then the name and occupation tables for the people behind the surname.

Top counties

Total is the county count. Frequency and index adjust for local population size, so they are better concentration signals. Yorkshire leads with 65 Brombys recorded in 1881 and an index of 5.30x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 65 5.30x
Lincolnshire 24 12.12x
Durham 10 2.71x
Dorset 9 11.07x
Hampshire 6 2.36x
Middlesex 5 0.40x
Lancashire 4 0.27x
Cambridgeshire 1 1.27x
Huntingdonshire 1 4.07x
Shropshire 1 0.93x
Staffordshire 1 0.24x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Cottingham in Yorkshire leads with 32 Brombys recorded in 1881 and an index of 1207.55x.

Place Total Index
Cottingham 32 1207.55x
Winteringham 19 6785.71x
Stranton 10 80.58x
Poole St James 9 295.08x
Thearne 9 22500.00x
Sculcoates 8 41.11x
Scarborough 5 44.84x
Holy Trinity 4 13.55x
Kingston 4 1142.86x
Surfleet 4 975.61x
St Luke London 3 15.10x
Tickton Hull Bridge 3 1875.00x
Great Crosby 2 49.88x
Albrighton 1 192.31x
Ashley Cum Silverley 1 476.19x
Beverley St Martin 1 48.78x
Christchurch 1 18.15x
Everton 1 2.13x
Great Driffield 1 39.68x
Harborne 1 7.46x
Harrow On The Hill 1 40.49x
Huntingdon St John 1 140.85x
Marton 1 102.04x
Portsea 1 2.01x
South Skirlaugh 1 833.33x
St Pancras London 1 1.00x
Tinsley 1 232.56x
Wootton 1 400.00x

Top female names

These are the female first names most often recorded with the Bromby surname in 1881. Names are not merged, so initials, variant spellings and transcription quirks can appear as separate rows.

Name Count
Mary 7
Elizabeth 4
Hannah 4
Sarah 4
Alice 3
Ann 3
Martha 3
Charlotte 2
Emily 2
Lucy 2
Margaret 2
A. 1
Ada 1
Betras 1
Catherine 1
Dinah 1
E.I. 1
Eliza 1
Florence 1
Frances 1
G. 1
Gertrude 1
Jane 1
Julia 1
Kate 1
Laura 1
Maria 1
Maude 1
Minnie 1
Norah 1
Rachel 1
Rose 1

Top male names

These are the male first names most often recorded with the Bromby surname in 1881. Names are not merged, so initials, variant spellings and transcription quirks can appear as separate rows.

Name Count
George 11
Thomas 7
William 6
John 5
Charles 4
Frank 3
Arthur 2
David 2
Herbert 2
Richard 2
Walter 2
A.H. 1
Albert 1
Archibald 1
Cross 1
Edward 1
Edwd. 1
Eliza 1
Erenest 1
Frederic 1
Frederick 1
G. 1
H.B. 1
Harry 1
Henry 1
Hugh 1
James 1
Joseph 1
Mark 1
Robert 1
Robt. 1
Samual 1
Septimus 1
Wilfred 1

FAQ

Bromby surname: questions and answers

How common was the Bromby surname in 1881?

In 1881, 127 people were recorded with the Bromby surname. That placed it at #17,166 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Bromby surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 274 in 2016. That gives Bromby a modern rank of #15,759.

What does the Bromby map show?

The map shows local surname concentration for the selected year. Darker areas have a stronger concentration of Bromby bearers relative to the surrounding population.

What records is this surname page based on?

The historical counts come from census surname records. The modern counts and neighbourhood summaries come from later surname distribution records. Counts are recorded bearers in those records, not a live estimate of everyone with the name today.