Where does the surname Brody come from?

Brody is Scottish Gaelic in origin.

How common is the surname Brody?

6,805 people in the United States had the surname Brody in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,370 Americans. It ranked 5,142nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Brody?

Adrien Brody, American actor, followed by Adam Brody.

Where is the surname Brody most common?

Wikidata records people named Brody in the United States, Hungary and Israel.

How do you pronounce Brody?

Brody is /bɹoʊdi/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Brody getting more or less common?

More common. 6,494 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,805 in 2010, up 4.8%.

Is Brody also a first name?

Yes. Brody 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 Brody

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 6,805 people in the United States.

Pronounced /bɹoʊdi/ 2 syllables Soundex B630 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). Brody is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

A surname from Scottish Gaelic, a variant of Brodie.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,805 people named Brody in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,370 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,494.

#5,142

rank among US surnames

6,805

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #4,966)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,133	Denis	6,818	45,284
#5,136	Trainor	6,816	45,297
#5,137	Bechtel	6,813	45,317
#5,138	Richie	6,812	45,324
#5,139	Geller	6,810	45,337
#5,140	Larosa	6,808	45,350
#5,141	Ard	6,807	45,357

Who is named Brody

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

92% of people named Brody identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brodys

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Adrien Brody
American actor, born 1973
Adam Brody
American actor, born 1979
Sándor Bródy
(1863–1924) writer and journalist
Tal Brody
American-Israeli basketball player, born 1943
Ann Brody
Actress (1884-1944)
Richard Brody
American film critic, born 1958
Estelle Brody
American actress (1900-1995)

Notable Brodys come mostly from the United States (5), Hungary (1) and Israel (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Brody

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

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brody come from?: Brody is Scottish Gaelic in origin.
How common is the surname Brody?: 6,805 people in the United States had the surname Brody in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,370 Americans. It ranked 5,142nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brody?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Brody identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Brody?: Adrien Brody, American actor, followed by Adam Brody.
Where is the surname Brody most common?: Wikidata records people named Brody in the United States, Hungary and Israel.
How do you pronounce Brody?: Brody is /bɹoʊdi/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Brody getting more or less common?: More common. 6,494 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,805 in 2010, up 4.8%.
Is Brody also a first name?: Yes. Brody 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.