Broad Surname
Approximately 15,942 people bear this surname
Broad Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the broad,'i.e. the stout, the broad-shouldered. Middle English brod, broad. 'It was almost a spanne brode I trowe.': Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. (a) Local, 'at the broad,' from residence thereby.
Read More About This SurnameBroad Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
England | 6,222 | 1:8,955 | 1,297 |
United States | 2,694 | 1:134,543 | 14,099 |
Australia | 2,443 | 1:11,050 | 1,637 |
Canada | 1,237 | 1:29,786 | 3,903 |
New Zealand | 803 | 1:5,639 | 926 |
Egypt | 763 | 1:120,492 | 9,804 |
Wales | 488 | 1:6,341 | 704 |
Israel | 435 | 1:19,673 | 2,932 |
Northern Ireland | 189 | 1:9,762 | 1,559 |
South Africa | 124 | 1:436,917 | 37,311 |
Scotland | 104 | 1:51,479 | 4,410 |
Brazil | 60 | 1:3,567,906 | 100,128 |
Ireland | 58 | 1:81,189 | 4,753 |
Germany | 35 | 1:2,300,156 | 119,987 |
Netherlands | 33 | 1:511,733 | 48,115 |
India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
France | 25 | 1:2,656,909 | 193,074 |
Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
Jamaica | 11 | 1:260,904 | 6,695 |
Cayman Islands | 9 | 1:7,099 | 820 |
Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
Chile | 9 | 1:1,957,386 | 29,026 |
Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
Macau | 2 | 1:300,815 | 1,009 |
Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
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Ireland | 21 | 1:210,946 | 9,809 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
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England | 3,596 | 1:6,778 | 1,047 |
Wales | 150 | 1:10,456 | 631 |
Scotland | 60 | 1:62,387 | 3,880 |
Jersey | 7 | 1:7,412 | 1,296 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 603 | 1:83,281 | 8,714 |
Broad (97) may also be a first name.
Broad Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the broad,'i.e. the stout, the broad-shouldered. Middle English brod, broad. 'It was almost a spanne brode I trowe.': Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. (a) Local, 'at the broad,' from residence thereby. Broad: a wide place; compare the Norfolk Broads. Oxford undergraduates still talk of 'the Broad,' for Broad Street in that city.
John le Brode. Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem.
Richard le Brod, temp. 1310. Writs of Parliament.
Katerina Brode, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes Brode, 1379: ibid.
Alicia Brode, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Henry atte Brude, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.
Michele le Brode, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.
1589. John Brode, Worcestershire: Register of the University of Oxford.
1813. Married — John Surman and Sarah Broad: St. George, Hanover Square.
(English) 1 Broad, Stout [Middle English brod(e, Old English brád] Richard le Brod.— Writs of Parl. 2 Perh. occasionally for the common Anglo-Saxon pers. name Brord(a-lit. a Point (prob. with the fig. meaning of Spear); O.E, brord]
This name which might at first sight appear to relate to breadth of back and shoulders-the "vidth" which Mr. Tony Weller associates with "visdom"-really refers to that part of a river which expands into a mere or lake. Le Brode, or The Broad, is a name which was given in ancient times to many such localities.
Broad, though established in other parts of England, as in Dorset and Cheshire, has long been a Cornish name. Brode is its early form. In 1588, John Brode of this county contributed £25 to the National Defence Fund collected in anticipation of the invasion of the Spanish Armada (Sp.). John Broad owned Menkee in St. Mabyn in 1758 (M.). In 1806, Robert Broad, a pupil at Truro School, delivered one of the customary orations at the annual prize - giving (P.). The name is now best represented around Liskeard.
Broad Demographics
Average Male Broad Height
175.77 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Broad Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Broad Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Broad (Arabic: عريضا, Hindi: ब्रौड, Russian: Броад) occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Broad.
How Common Is The Last Name Broad? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 33,313th most numerous family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 457,129 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 45 percent of Broad reside; 44 percent reside in Northern Europe and 44 percent reside in British Isles. Broad is also the 962,660th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 97 people.
The last name is most widely held in England, where it is held by 6,222 people, or 1 in 8,955. In England it is mostly found in: Greater London, where 11 percent are found, Kent, where 11 percent are found and Staffordshire, where 5 percent are found. Outside of England this surname occurs in 64 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent are found and Australia, where 15 percent are found.
Broad Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Broad has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Broad last name increased 173 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 447 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it increased 325 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 173 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 276 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Broad Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Broad surname is predominantly Anglican (50%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Broad surname are 0.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.71% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Broad earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 38.75% more than the national average, earning R 329,724 per year; in United States they earn 8.26% more than the national average, earning $46,714 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.65% more than the national average, earning $51,494 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
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Broadt | 91 | 121 | / |
Broads | 91 | 12 | / |
Broadd | 91 | 2 | / |
Brouad | 91 | 1 | / |
B'Road | 91 | 1 | / |
Broaud | 91 | 1 | / |
Broa | 89 | 1,264 | / |
Brohead | 83 | 3 | / |
Broauds | 83 | 1 | / |
Brouaid | 83 | 1 | / |
Broas | 80 | 1,054 | / |
Broha | 80 | 123 | / |
Broat | 80 | 116 | / |
Broua | 80 | 113 | / |
Broah | 80 | 18 | / |
Braod | 80 | 4 | / |
Broay | 80 | 2 | / |
Broap | 80 | 1 | / |
Broea | 80 | 0 | / |
Broohead | 77 | 0 | / |
Broach | 73 | 3,021 | / |
Brohai | 73 | 2,743 | / |
Brouat | 73 | 264 | / |
Broast | 73 | 29 | / |
Brouah | 73 | 16 | / |
Bhroat | 73 | 12 | / |
Brogia | 73 | 7 | / |
Brahoa | 73 | 6 | / |
Broaux | 73 | 5 | / |
Brouay | 73 | 4 | / |
Broash | 73 | 3 | / |
Brouaï | 73 | 3 | / |
Broatz | 73 | 2 | / |
Brzoňa | 73 | 2 | / |
Brouai | 73 | 2 | / |
Braoud | 73 | 2 | / |
Brouaz | 73 | 2 | / |
Bruoha | 73 | 1 | / |
Brahod | 73 | 1 | / |
Brohay | 73 | 1 | / |
Brroas | 73 | 1 | / |
Brouaî | 73 | 1 | / |
Braods | 73 | 1 | / |
Brooah | 73 | 1 | / |
Broats | 73 | 1 | / |
Broath | 73 | 1 | / |
Breuad | 73 | 1 | / |
Brohau | 73 | 0 | / |
Brao | 67 | 1,603 | / |
Broatch | 67 | 623 | / |
Brouaux | 67 | 109 | / |
Brôa | 67 | 28 | / |
Broá | 67 | 1 | / |
Bhroash | 67 | 1 | / |
Broasch | 67 | 1 | / |
Brgohai | 67 | 1 | / |
Broatte | 67 | 0 | / |
Broatsh | 67 | 0 | / |
Broad Name Transliterations
Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
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Broad in the Hindi language | ||
ब्रौड | brauda | 50 |
ब्रौंड | braunda | 50 |
Broad in the Russian language | ||
Броад | broad | - |
Broad in the Arabic language | ||
عريضا | ryda | - |
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