Proportion of Brokets to the UK Population (approximate figures)
Date	UK population	UK Brokets	Ratio	Sources for Broket
2001	58,800,000	900	1:65,333	Electoral rolls; Halbert p 63
1901	41,600,000	459	1:90,632	Census
1881	35,000,000	374	1:93,583	Census
1650	5,700,000	202	1:28,218	Parish records; IGI; mortality
14/15th C	2-3,000,000	71-106	1:28,218	Estimate based on 1650

Brokets were at their peak in the 17th C, since the Ratio had fallen by 70% in 1881. The estimate of 71-106 for the 14/15th C—predicated on the same Ratio as 1650—is probably therefore too high. Based on a household size of 4, there would therefore have been at the very most 17 households at any point in the 14th C—perhaps as low as 9 in the wake of the Black Death—and 50 in the 17th.

The Brokets of Scotland compared to the rest of the UK

1881: 19%
Scotland	Rest of the UK
3,735,573	31,290,535
59	315

- UK population -

- Brokets -

1901: 22%
Scotland	Rest of the UK
4,472,103	37,136,988
84	375