The Brou surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 310 people carried this name — #64,200 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 11% from 280 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 449 people named Brou.
39 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Paris.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 30 people named Brou 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
24 people named Brou live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 print
Brou in American newspapers,
1891–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Brou,
with a public archive behind them.
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Frédéric Brou 1862–1925 · painter -
Marthe Solange Achy Brou 1949–2011 · politician -
Edith Yah Brou 1984– · writer -
Benjamin Angoua 1986– · association football player -
Pierre-Édouard Brou 1786–1862 · Officer of the French Navy
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Alexandre Brou 1862–1947 · theologian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 11 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Brou.
- Brosius 1,937 · U.S. census
- Brossard 488 · U.S. census
- Brossart 670 · U.S. census
- Brosseau 1,209 · U.S. census
- Brossette 254 · U.S. census
- Brost 1,533 · U.S. census
- Brouard 161 · U.S. census
- Brouder 149 · U.S. census
- Brouhard 534 · U.S. census
- Brouillard 2,161 · U.S. census
- Brouillet 457 · U.S. census
- Broussard 26,971 · U.S. census
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