BROUGH

Etymology

Proper noun

Brough (countable and uncountable, plural Broughs)

A village in Cumbria, England.

A town on the Humber estuary in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, also called Brough-on-Humber (OS grid ref SE9426).

A hamlet in Nottinghamshire, England.

A surname.

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.

Anagrams

• bro hug, bro-hug, brohug

Source: Wiktionary



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