Brodbeck surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Brodbeck surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,632 people carried this name — #17,323 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 181,800 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (1,625).

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

652 people named Brodbeck live in Switzerland.

They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.

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Where they live today

Basel-Landschaft 223
Zurich 119
Bern 97
Basel-Stadt 52
Solothurn 43
Aargau 19
Vaud 16
Schaffhausen 15

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 180 people named Brodbeck.

13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 13
Haut-Rhin 125
Paris 8
Territoire de Belfort 5
Puy-de-Dôme 4
Somme 3
Manche 3
Loiret 3
Doubs 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 23 people named Brodbeck 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.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Santa Fe 23

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Brodbeck,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johann Jakob Brodbeck
    Johann Jakob Brodbeck 1828–1892 · politician
  • Andrew R. Brodbeck
    Andrew R. Brodbeck 1860–1937 · teacher
  • Niklaus Brodbeck [Brodtbeck] 1740–1816
  • Andreas Brodbeck 1791–1863 · brewer
  • Samuel Brodbeck 1801–1855 · judge
  • Heinrich Brodbeck 1811–1886 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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