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Brough
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brough
English
Alternative forms
surname en Bruff
Etymology
From en ang burh fortified place. en borough burgh Bury.
Pronunciation
en /ˈbɹʌf/
Proper noun
~ s
en uncountable A placename:
en village/and/cpar in uauth/Westmorland and Furness co/Cumbria cc/England previously in dist/Eden OS grid ref NY7914. Parish map (Cumbria)
en hamlet par/Brough and Shatton dist/High Peak co/Derbyshire cc/England OS grid ref SK1882. List of United Kingdom locations: Broo-Brt#Bror-Brou
en Brough-on-Noe
en town on the Humber estuary in par/Elloughton-cum-Brough co/East Riding of Yorkshire cc/England OS grid ref SE9426.
en Brough-on-Humber
en hamlet par/Collingham dist/Newark and Sherwood co/Nottinghamshire cc/England OS grid ref SK8358.
en small village co/Caithness carea/Highland cc/Scotland OS grid ref ND2273.
en settlement on isl/Whalsay carea/Shetland Islands cc/Scotland OS grid ref HU5564.
en settlement next to vill/Burravoe isl/Yell carea/Shetland Islands OS grid ref HU5179.
en countable en habitational Old English.
Derived terms
en Brough and Shatton Brough-on-Humber Brough-on-Noe Brough with St Giles Elloughton-cum-Brough
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Brough is the 9698th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3345 individuals. Brough is most common among White (93.72%) individuals.
References
Anagrams
en bghoru bro hug bro-hug brohug