Brookfield

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English

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Brookfield

Etymology

From Old English brōc (“brook”) + feld (“field”).

Proper noun

Brookfield (countable and uncountable, plural Brookfields)

A number of places in the United Kingdom:
1. A suburb of Hadfield, High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK0195). ^[1]
2. A hamlet in Kingstone parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4334). ^[2]
3. A suburb and ward in north-east Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5631).
4. A southern suburb of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4815). ^[3]
5. A village in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4164).
A number of places in Canada:
1. A community on the north-east coast of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
2. A community of Colchester County, Nova Scotia.
3. A neighbourhood of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
4. A community in Lot 24 township, Queens County, Prince Edward Island.
A number of places in the United States:
1. A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
2. An unincorporated community in Tift County, Georgia.
3. A village and zoo in Cook County, Illinois.
4. An unincorporated community in Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana.
5. A town and census-designated place therein, in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
6. A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire.
7. A town and hamlet therein, in Madison County, New York.
8. A town in Orange County, Vermont.
9. A city in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
10. A town in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, adjacent to the city.
11. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Brookfield Township.
A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Melton, Victoria, Australia.
A suburb of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. ^[4]
(countable) A habitational surname from Old English, from any of the villages in England.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Brookfield is the 51396^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 405 individuals. Brookfield is most common among White (79.01%) and Black/African American (16.05%) individuals.

References

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brookfield”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 234.

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