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    The surname Broach

    A surname, carried by 2,309 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B620

    Broach: #13,230 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Broach #13,230, 2,309 people Broach: #13,230 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Broach #13,230, 2,309 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Broach is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,309 people named Broach in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 133,714 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,181.

    #13,230
    rank among US surnames
    2,309
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #12,919)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,221Vanvalkenburg2,311133,598
    #13,226Mance2,310133,656
    #13,230Prindle2,309133,714
    #13,233Ester2,308133,772
    #13,236Banton2,307133,830

    Who is named Broach

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

    81% of people named Broach identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    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

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    Surnames that sound like Broach

    Broach has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Broach?
    2,309 people in the United States had the surname Broach in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,714 Americans. It ranked 13,230th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Broach?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Broach identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Broach getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,181 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,309 in 2010, up 5.9%.