Broomfield

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Broomfield (countable and uncountable, plural Broomfields)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A village in Chelmsford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7010).
   2. A village near Herne Bay, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1966).
   3. A village in Maidstone district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8352).
   4. A village in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST2231).
   5. A hamlet north-west of Chippenham, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8778).
   6. A settlement near Ellon, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9632).
   7. A consolidated city and county in Colorado, United States.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• City and County of Broomfield

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Broomfield is the 11578^th 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.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Broomfield”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 234.