Brownlee
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English
Etymology
Habitational surname from Old English brūn (“brown”) + lēah (“clearing in a forest”). Equivalent to brown + -lee (“lea”); compare Brown.
Proper noun
Brownlee (plural Brownlees)
- A surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Brownlee is the 3186th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11344 individuals. Brownlee is most common among White (58.17%) and Black/African American (37.42%) individuals.
See also
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brownlee”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 236.