Where Does the Brumley Surname Come From?

The last name Brumley is a variant form of Bromley, a well-known English family name. The family name meaning is “clearing where broom grows”, the same as for Bromley.

• The same family of names includes Bromly.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• Brumley ranked 4,983 in the 2010 US Census, with 7,046 people answering to the name.
• Spelled with “u” instead of “o”, Brumley shows how the same name was heard and written differently.
• Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Bramley.

Brumley coat of arms

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Bromley surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Want more than a summary? See the Brumley family name pack.