Brocklesby is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 10 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Brocklesby
No. of characters: 10
Origin: England
Meaning: Derived from Brockles, a small town of that name in England, and by denoting near to; a village. In Dutch Brock means a mash. Also, broken land. As per the records, in a party in which the celebrated Porson was a guest, there was also a physician by this name, Dr. Brocklesby, a descendant of the eminent man who attended Dr. Johnson in his last illness. IN addressing Dr. Brocklesby, Porson called him Dr. Rock - "Yes, Dr. Rock - no, Dr. Rock," etc - a name rendered almost infamous by Hogarth, in his picture of the "March of the Guards." At length, Dr. Brocklesby became offended and said, "Mr. Porson, my name is not Rock, it is Brocklesby," pronouncing the syllables distinctly, Brock-les-by. "Well," said Porson, "if Brock-les-b is not Rock, then I know nothing of Algebra

How popular is Brocklesby?

Brocklesby is ranked 253921 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Brocklesbies plummeted by 8.72093 per cent to 157 since 2000 and slipped by 14140 spots and ranked at 111988. The last name was found in around 0 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.18 96.51
Brocklesby is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in England which may be its originating country too. Around 1251 people have been found who wears Brocklesby as their family name. Brocklesby have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
33,253 New Zealand9
100,092 Spain9
9,097 Wales3
19,046 Ireland2
7,895 South Korea1
36,678 Singapore1
3,307 Malta1
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
43,335 Canada73
34,647 Australia63
8,082 Scotland59
Countries with hundreds of Brocklesby:
8,055 England834
111,951 United States196

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