Last Name BROOM

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: Of the broom, from residence near the plant so called. The Norfolk Brooms have generally become corrupted to Bloom. Thet are generally, but not always, 'of Brome,' a parish in the diocese of Norwich.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish

Rank	6,462 (2000 US census)	6,559 (1990 US census)

Count	4,846 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

71.07%, or 3444 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
25.77%, or 1249 total occurrences, as black,
0.19%, or 9 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.21%, or 10 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.26%, or 61 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.51%, or 73 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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