The Browder surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,249 people carried this name — #5,563 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 47,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 6,056 in 2000.

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In print

Browder in American newspapers,
1894–1913.

Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Journal carrying the name Browder
The Indianapolis Journal 1894-03-15
Newspaper page from Baxter Springs News carrying the name Browder
Baxter Springs News 1908-04-23
Newspaper page from The Commercial carrying the name Browder
The Commercial 1913-09-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Browder in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1960s.

469 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Browder. The most, 212, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 3.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 153
New South Wales 111
Victoria 62
Queensland 59
Tasmania 39
South Australia 33
ACT (Canberra) 6
Northern Territory 5

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Browder.

Who carried it

People named Browder,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Earl Browder
    Earl Browder 1891–1973 · politician
  • Ida Browder Mountford 1889–1961 · business executive
  • Nathaniel C. Browder 1904–1984
  • Aurelia Browder 1919–1971 · teacher
  • Felix Browder 1927–2016 · mathematician
  • William Browder 1934–2025 · mathematician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Browder,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States311 records

311 records of the Browder name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 204
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 62
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 18
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 13
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles W. Browder

    Born 1919 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; farm hand from Polk County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Benton Memory Gardens, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jerome Albert Browder

    Born 1942; from Knoxville, Tennessee. U.S. Army, medical specialist; killed in action 1971 in Dinh Tuong, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Margaret Browder

    Arrived at New York in 1864 aboard the Chancellor from Liverpool, aged 20; servant. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 311 records for Browder in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia13 records

13 records of the Browder name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 10
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Cornelius Browder

    Arrived in Victoria in 1860 aboard the Eagle, aged 21; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Thomas Browder

    Left Launceston in 1854 aboard the Clarence, bound for Melbourne.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record William Browder

    Married 1869 in Deloraine, Tasmania, aged 30.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 13 records for Browder in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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