Brummell

English

Etymology

Variant of Bramhall, itself Old English brōm (“broom”) + healh (“corner, angle, nook”).

Proper noun

Brummell (plural Brummells)

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• Brummellian

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Brummell is the 36048^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 622 individuals. Brummell is most common among Black/African American (58.04%) and White (33.76%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brummell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 239.