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brownfield Name Meaning and History

  1. Jewish (American): Americanized form of an ornamental compound, Braunfeld, from German braun ‘brown’ + Feld ‘field’.
  2. English: variant of Broomfield.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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brownfield Family Facts

Distribution of brownfield Families in the US in 1920
Number of brownfield families
 41-80
 14-40
 1-13
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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