The Broch surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 187 people carried this name — #97,210 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is down 17% from 225 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
350 people named Broch live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 294 people named Broch.
30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.
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 Poland’s population register
67 people named Broch have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 80 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 3 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
231 people named Broch is counted in Norway.
Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
Counted, by country
Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Broch.
- Brizard 205 · U.S. census
- Brizzi 394 · U.S. census
- Bro 586 · U.S. census
- Brobeck 444 · U.S. census
- Brobst 1,957 · U.S. census
- Brocco 375 · U.S. census
- Brochard 151 · U.S. census
- Broche 283 · U.S. census
- Brochu 2,041 · U.S. census
- Brock 61,369 · U.S. census
- Brocker 812 · U.S. census
- Brod 1,104 · U.S. census
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