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    The surname Brogdon

    A surname, carried by 4,346 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B623

    Brogdon: #7,641 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brogdon #7,641, 4,346 people Brogdon: #7,641 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brogdon #7,641, 4,346 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brogdon is more common than 95.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,346 people named Brogdon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,041 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,216.

    #7,641
    rank among US surnames
    4,346
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.1%
    change since 2000 (was #7,289)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,633Stites4,34970,992
    #7,637Zabala4,34871,009
    #7,638Grizzle4,34771,025
    #7,641Walcott4,34671,041
    #7,643Kerby4,34571,058
    #7,644Ito4,34471,074
    #7,647Carlsen4,34371,090

    Who is named Brogdon

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

    78% of people named Brogdon identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Brogdons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Malcolm Brogdon
      American basketball player (born 1992)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brogdon

    Brogdon 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 Brogdon?
    4,346 people in the United States had the surname Brogdon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,041 Americans. It ranked 7,641st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brogdon?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Brogdon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Brogdon?
    Malcolm Brogdon, American basketball player (born 1992).
    Where is the surname Brogdon most common?
    Wikidata records people named Brogdon in the United States.
    Is the surname Brogdon getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,216 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,346 in 2010, up 3.1%.