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    The surname Brodsky

    A Czech surname, carried by 4,083 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B632

    Brodsky: #8,124 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brodsky #8,124, 4,083 people Brodsky: #8,124 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brodsky #8,124, 4,083 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brodsky is more common than 95% of them.

    Origin

    Czech origin

    A surname from Czech.

    One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,083 people named Brodsky in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,617 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,024.

    #8,124
    rank among US surnames
    4,083
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #7,618)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,119Mastin4,08575,580
    #8,121Klassen4,08475,599
    #8,124Brodsky4,08375,617
    #8,126Gamache4,08275,636
    #8,127Crew4,08175,654
    #8,128Anson4,07975,691
    #8,130Shuck4,07875,710

    Who is named Brodsky

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

    96% of people named Brodsky identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Brodskys

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Adriana Brodsky
      Actress, born 1955
    • Nicholas Brodzsky
      American composer (1905-1958)

    Notable Brodskys come mostly from Argentina (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brodsky

    Brodsky has the Soundex code B632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B632.

    Other Czech surnames

    All 96 Czech surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Brodsky come from?
    Brodsky is Czech in origin.
    How common is the surname Brodsky?
    4,083 people in the United States had the surname Brodsky in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,617 Americans. It ranked 8,124th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brodsky?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Brodsky identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Brodsky?
    Adriana Brodsky, actress, followed by Nicholas Brodzsky.
    Where is the surname Brodsky most common?
    Wikidata records people named Brodsky in Argentina and the United States.
    Is the surname Brodsky getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,024 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,083 in 2010, up 1.5%.