Broomfield

English

Etymology

From Old English brōm (“broom, gorse”) + feld (“field”).

Proper noun

Broomfield (countable and uncountable, plural Broomfields)

  1. (uncountable) A place in England:
    1. A hamlet in Dalston parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY3448).
    2. A village and civil parish in City of Chelmsford district, Essex (OS grid ref TL7010). [1]
    3. A village near Herne Bay in Herne and Broomfield parish, City of Canterbury district, Kent (OS grid ref TR1966).
    4. A village in Broomfield and Kingswood parish, Maidstone district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8352).
    5. A village and civil parish in Somerset, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST2231). [2]
    6. A hamlet in Yatton Keynell parish, north-west of Chippenham, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8778).
  2. A settlement near Ellon, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9632).
  3. A consolidated city and county in Colorado, United States.
  4. (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.

References

  1. ^ Parish map (Essex)
  2. ^ Parish map (Somerset)
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