The Bro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 586 people carried this name — #37,899 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 558 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 225 people named Bro.
Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Tarn-et-Garonne.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
150 people named Bro are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Bro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Louis Bro 1781–1844 · military personnel -
Olivier Bro de Comères 1813–1870 · draftsperson
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Vagn Bro 1894–1966 · politician
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Christian Christoffersen Bro 1908–1983
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Knud Bro 1909–2007 · politician
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Harmon Hartzell Bro 1919–1997 · theologian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bro.
- Briton 125 · U.S. census
- Britsch 394 · U.S. census
- Britz 1,162 · U.S. census
- Brix 631 · U.S. census
- Brizard 205 · U.S. census
- Brizzi 394 · U.S. census
- Brobeck 444 · U.S. census
- Brobst 1,957 · U.S. census
- Brocco 375 · U.S. census
- Broch 187 · U.S. census
- Brochard 151 · U.S. census
- Broche 283 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bro is.
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