How common is the surname Broz?

1,278 people in the United States had the surname Broz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,585 Americans. It ranked 20,697th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Broz?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Broz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Broz?

Svetlana Broz, Bosnian writer and physician.

Where is the surname Broz most common?

Wikidata records people named Broz in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Is the surname Broz getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,300 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,278 in 2010, down 1.7%.

The surname Broz

A Czech surname, carried by 1,278 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Broz is more common than 87.2% of them.

Origin

Czech origin

Of Slavic origin, from Czech and Slovak Brož, Polish Broź or Broż, or Serbo-Croatian Broz.

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 1,278 people named Broz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 241,585 Americans. That is down 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,300.

#20,697

rank among US surnames

1,278

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1.7%

change since 2000 (was #19,285)

Who is named Broz

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

94% of people named Broz identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Two or more races 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brozs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Svetlana Broz
Bosnian writer and physician, 1955–2025

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Broz

Broz has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

Other Czech surnames

All 96 Czech surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Broz come from?: Of Slavic origin, from Czech and Slovak Brož, Polish Broź or Broż, or Serbo-Croatian Broz.
How common is the surname Broz?: 1,278 people in the United States had the surname Broz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,585 Americans. It ranked 20,697th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Broz?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Broz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Broz?: Svetlana Broz, Bosnian writer and physician.
Where is the surname Broz most common?: Wikidata records people named Broz in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Is the surname Broz getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,300 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,278 in 2010, down 1.7%.