How common is the surname Brochu?

2,041 people in the United States had the surname Brochu in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,272 Americans. It ranked 14,587th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brochu?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Brochu identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Brochu?

Chris Brochu, American actor, followed by Doug Brochu.

Where is the surname Brochu most common?

Wikidata records people named Brochu in the United States.

Is the surname Brochu getting more or less common?

More common. 2,036 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,041 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Brochu

A French surname, carried by 2,041 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brochu is more common than 91% of them.

Origin

French origin

A surname from French.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,041 people named Brochu in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 151,272 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,036.

#14,587

rank among US surnames

2,041

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #13,665)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,579	Boysen	2,043	151,124
#14,585	Strine	2,042	151,198
#14,587	Emrich	2,041	151,272
#14,591	Tarlton	2,040	151,346

Who is named Brochu

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

96% of people named Brochu identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brochus

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chris Brochu
American actor, born 1989
Doug Brochu
American actor, born 1990

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brochu

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

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brochu come from?: Brochu is French in origin.
How common is the surname Brochu?: 2,041 people in the United States had the surname Brochu in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,272 Americans. It ranked 14,587th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brochu?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Brochu identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Brochu?: Chris Brochu, American actor, followed by Doug Brochu.
Where is the surname Brochu most common?: Wikidata records people named Brochu in the United States.
Is the surname Brochu getting more or less common?: More common. 2,036 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,041 in 2010, up 0.2%.