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    The surname Brogden

    A surname, carried by 1,890 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B623

    Brogden: #15,494 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brogden #15,494, 1,890 people Brogden: #15,494 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brogden #15,494, 1,890 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brogden is more common than 90.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,890 people named Brogden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 163,357 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,792.

    #15,494
    rank among US surnames
    1,890
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.5%
    change since 2000 (was #15,099)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,494Brogden1,890163,357
    #15,499Emert1,889163,444
    #15,503Shand1,888163,530

    Who is named Brogden

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

    78% of people named Brogden identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brogden

    Brogden has the Soundex code B623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B623.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Brogden?
    1,890 people in the United States had the surname Brogden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,357 Americans. It ranked 15,494th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brogden?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Brogden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Brogden getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,792 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,890 in 2010, up 5.5%.