Brocklehurst
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Person from Brocklehurst, Lancashire; from a place name meaning 'wooded hill frequented by badgers'
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈbɹɑkəɫhɝst/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Brocklehurst is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- USUnited States
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Person from Brocklehurst, Lancashire; from a place name meaning 'wooded hill frequented by badgers'.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Brocklehurst is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, from Brocklehurst, Lancashire; first attested Ralph de Brockolhurst 1246 AssLa
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, place near Accrington, apparently so called from a wooded hill that was a favourite haunt of badgers; cf. Brockhole and Hurst. Vars.: Bromwich, Bromidge, Brommage.
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- John Brocklehurstb. 1788GBBritish politician (1788-1870)
- William Brocklehurstb. 1818GBBritish politician (1818–1900)
- George Brocklehurstb. 1839(1839-1908) 1908 Obituary
- John Brocklehurst, 1st Baron Ranksboroughb. 1852GBBritish Army general, politician (1852–1921)
- Philip Brocklehurstb. 1887GBBritish explorer (1887–1975)
- John Charles Brocklehurstb. 1924geriatrician
- John Brocklehurstb. 1927GBFootballer (1927-2005)
- Danny Brocklehurstb. 1971GBBritish writer
- Aaron Brocklehurstb. 1985CACanadian ice hockey defenceman
- Neil BrocklehurstGBresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 490 | #43,969 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 476 | #47,959 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 462 | #43,955 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 16 | #94,489 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 3 | #81,413 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 1 | #265,786 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Brocklehurst mean, and where does it come from?
- Person from Brocklehurst, Lancashire; from a place name meaning 'wooded hill frequented by badgers'. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Brocklehurst?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈbɹɑkəɫhɝst/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Brocklehurst have the most bearers?
- Brocklehurst is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Brocklehurst”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.