Last Name BROOKE

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Meaning	Local: At the brook, one who lived by the brook-side. Common to all parts of England, and is expecially one of the great local surnames of Yorkshire. The 's' is customary in these short spot names.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish, Belgian

Rank	6,608 (2000 US census)	7,225 (1990 US census)

Count	4,731 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

93.81%, or 4438 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
2.49%, or 118 total occurrences, as black,
0.49%, or 23 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.55%, or 26 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.04%, or 49 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.63%, or 77 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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