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Brookins
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English
Alternative forms
en Brookens Brooking Brookings
Etymology
A topographic surname for someone who lived by a stream, from a derivative of en ang brōc stream, brook.
Proper noun
es
en Old English.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Brookins is the 6219th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5499 individuals. Brookins is most common among Black/African American (56.52%) and White (38.39%) individuals.
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