How common is the surname Broderick?

10,504 people in the United States had the surname Broderick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,393 Americans. It ranked 3,404th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Broderick?

Matthew Broderick, American actor (born 1962), followed by Chris Broderick.

Where is the surname Broderick most common?

Wikidata records people named Broderick in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Broderick getting more or less common?

More common. 10,154 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,504 in 2010, up 3.4%.

Is Broderick also a first name?

Yes. Broderick is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Broderick

A Welsh surname, carried by 10,504 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B636 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Broderick is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

Welsh origin

Anglicized from Welsh ap + Rhydderch.

One of 60 Welsh surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,504 people named Broderick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,393 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,154.

#3,404

rank among US surnames

10,504

people in 2010

3.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,231)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,395	O'Shea	10,531	29,318
#3,396	Kimmel	10,528	29,326
#3,397	Conti	10,526	29,332
#3,398	Turley	10,524	29,337
#3,400	Acker	10,519	29,351
#3,401	Crist	10,518	29,354
#3,403	Currier	10,513	29,368

Who is named Broderick

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

90% of people named Broderick identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brodericks

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Matthew Broderick
American actor (born 1962)
Chris Broderick
American guitarist (born 1970)
Beth Broderick
American actress, born 1959
James Broderick
American actor (1927-1982)
Helen Broderick
American actress (1891–1959)
David C. Broderick
American politician (1820-1859)
Damien Broderick
Australian writer, 1944–2025

Notable Brodericks come mostly from the United States (6) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Broadrick

Surnames that sound like Broderick

Broderick has the Soundex code B636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B636.

Other Welsh surnames

All 60 Welsh surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Broderick come from?: Anglicized from Welsh ap + Rhydderch.
How common is the surname Broderick?: 10,504 people in the United States had the surname Broderick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,393 Americans. It ranked 3,404th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Broderick?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Broderick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Broderick?: Matthew Broderick, American actor (born 1962), followed by Chris Broderick.
Where is the surname Broderick most common?: Wikidata records people named Broderick in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Broderick getting more or less common?: More common. 10,154 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,504 in 2010, up 3.4%.
What are other spellings of Broderick?: Broadrick.
Is Broderick also a first name?: Yes. Broderick is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.