How common is the surname Brode?

1,279 people in the United States had the surname Brode in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,396 Americans. It ranked 20,687th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brode?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Brode identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Brode?

Robert Brode, American physicist (1900-1986).

Where is the surname Brode most common?

Wikidata records people named Brode in the United States.

Is the surname Brode getting more or less common?

More common. 1,157 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,279 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Brode

A surname, carried by 1,279 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brode is more common than 87.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,279 people named Brode in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 241,396 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,157.

#20,687

rank among US surnames

1,279

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+10.5%

change since 2000 (was #21,142)

Who is named Brode

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

95% of people named Brode identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brodes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Brode
American physicist (1900-1986)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brode

Brode has the Soundex code B630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B630.

Questions

How common is the surname Brode?: 1,279 people in the United States had the surname Brode in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,396 Americans. It ranked 20,687th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brode?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Brode identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Brode?: Robert Brode, American physicist (1900-1986).
Where is the surname Brode most common?: Wikidata records people named Brode in the United States.
Is the surname Brode getting more or less common?: More common. 1,157 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,279 in 2010, up 11%.