Brookfield
English
Etymology
From Old English brōc (“brook”) + feld (“field”).
Proper noun
Brookfield (countable and uncountable, plural Brookfields)
- A number of places in the United Kingdom:
- A suburb of Hadfield, High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK0195). [1]
- A hamlet in Kingstone parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4334). [2]
- A suburb and ward in north-east Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5631).
- A southern suburb of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4815). [3]
- A village in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4164).
- A number of places in Canada:
- A community on the north-east coast of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
- A community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia.
- A neighbourhood of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
- A community in Lot 24 township, Queens County, Prince Edward Island.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
- An unincorporated community in Tift County, Georgia.
- A village and zoo in Cook County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
- A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire.
- A town and hamlet therein, in Madison County, New York.
- A town in Orange County, Vermont.
- A city in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, adjacent to the city.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Brookfield Township.
- A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
- A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Melton, Victoria, Australia.
- A suburb of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. [4]
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English, from any of the villages in England.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Brookfield is the 51396th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 405 individuals. Brookfield is most common among White (79.01%) and Black/African American (16.05%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brookfield”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 234.
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