Last Name BROOKES

Summary/Contribute


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, Irish

Rank	15,738 (2000 US census)	13,339 (1990 US census)

Count	1,703 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

83.21%, or 1417 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
12.62%, or 215 total occurrences, as black,
0.47%, or 8 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.35%, or 6 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.59%, or 27 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.76%, or 30 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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