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The most Broughton families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1891 there were 1,191 Broughton families living in Lancashire. This was about 20% of all the recorded Broughton's in United Kingdom. Lancashire had the highest population of Broughton families in 1891.
Early Origins of the Broughton family. The surname Broughton was first found in Staffordshire at Broughton. However, "the Broughtons descend in the male line from one of the most ancient families of the county of Chester, the Vernons of Shipbrook.
The most commonly-observed ancestry found in people with the surname Broughton is British & Irish, which comprises 58.7% of all ancestry found in people with the surname. The next two most common ancestries are French & German (19.2%) and Nigerian (3.8%).
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When Thomas Broughton was born about 1531, in Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England, his father, Richard Broughton, was 30 and his mother, Catherine Aston, was 26. He married Mary Roos in 1554, in Laxton, Nottinghamshire, England. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 4 December 1610, in his hometown, at the age of 80.
There are approximately 10,069 people named Broughton in the UK. That makes it the 1,049th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 159 are named Broughton.
Broughton: Where does the name Broughton come from? The surname Broughton is primarily of English origin. It is most commonly found in England and Ireland, particularly in the regions of Lancashire, Cheshire, and Shropshire in England, and County Mayo in Ireland.
