The Broda surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 878 people carried this name — #27,452 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is down 2% from 893 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Broda surname
From Polish Broda, from Polish broda.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Broda» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
6,972 people named Broda have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 7,779 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 483 people named Broda live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 137 people named Broda.
46 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
23 people named Broda live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
29 people named Broda is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
Who carried it
People named Broda,
with a public archive behind them.
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Arpino Broda 1315–1390 · writer
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Josef Broda 1829–1910 · actor
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Moritz Broda 1842–1910 · actor
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Charlotte Broda 1857–1942
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August Broda 1867–1932
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Béla Broda 1877–1961 · pedagogue
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Broda.
- 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
- Brodbeck 1,632 · U.S. census
- Brodeur 4,053 · U.S. census
- Brodin 489 · U.S. census
- Brody 6,805 · U.S. census
- Broggi 283 · U.S. census
- Broglin 252 · U.S. census
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