The brisbane Surname

brisbane Name Meaning and History

Scottish: nickname from Old French bris(er) ‘to break’ + Old English ban ‘bone’. The sense of this hybrid name is not clear; it may have been used for someone crippled by a broken bone or for a violent man who broke other people’s bones.

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

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brisbane Family Facts

Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Emigration Year (US)Emigration Year (AU)Ports of Departure Occupations

Distribution of brisbane Families in the US in 1920

Number of brisbane families

14-26

5-13

1-4

Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Thread	Author	Replies
George Henry Shea	alanrowlands176	0
Ancestors	HBrisban	1
Nice to meet some other Brisbanes!	David Brisbane	7
Searching for John Brisbane	larissa76	1
Emily Brisbane	jamel1	9
William Brisbane-Janet Scott	LVelett	0
Hi I am a Brisbane :)	Brian E Brisbane	2
William Brisbane - baseball team photo	Not_A_Relative	0
Matthew Brisbane ~ Banished in 1674	BasketLady420	0
looking for anybody	brisbine	5

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