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    The surname Bro

    A place surname, carried by 586 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B600

    Bro: #37,899 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bro #37,899, 586 people Bro: #37,899 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Bro #37,899, 586 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bro is more common than 76.6% of them.

    Origin

    * As a North Germanic/Scandinavian topographic surname from either Danish, Norwegian or Swedish bro (“bridge”). * As a French surname, variant of Brault and Breaux. * As an Irish surname, possibly a variant of Broe, Brew.

    Bro is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 586 people named Bro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 526,870 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 558.

    #37,899
    rank among US surnames
    586
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5%
    change since 2000 (was #37,534)

    Who is named Bro

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    85% of people named Bro identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Bro

    Bro has the Soundex code B600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B600.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bro come from?
    * As a North Germanic/Scandinavian topographic surname from either Danish, Norwegian or Swedish bro (“bridge”). * As a French surname, variant of Brault and Breaux. * As an Irish surname, possibly a variant of Broe, Brew.
    How common is the surname Bro?
    586 people in the United States had the surname Bro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 526,870 Americans. It ranked 37,899th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bro?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Bro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Bro?
    Bro is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Bro getting more or less common?
    More common. 558 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 586 in 2010, up 5.0%.