Brokaw Surname

96,125th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,949 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Brokaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brokaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,8981:74,0018,518
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
England21:27,859,030389,889
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2261:40,9614,808

Brokaw (11) may also be a first name.

Brokaw Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Brokaw Come From? nationality or country of origin

Brokaw (Arabic: بروكو) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brokaw? popularity and diffusion

The surname Brokaw is the 96,125th most widely held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,472,529 people. The surname Brokaw occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Brokaw reside; 99 percent reside in North America and 99 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Brokaw is also the 3,487,849th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 11 people.

The surname Brokaw is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 4,898 people, or 1 in 74,001. In The United States it is most common in: Ohio, where 11 percent live, California, where 11 percent live and New York, where 7 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 0 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent live.

Brokaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Brokaw has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Brokaw surname expanded 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Brokaw Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Brokaw surname are 19.05% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.82% registered with the political party.

The amount Brokaw earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.81% more than the national average, earning $44,794 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.91% less than the national average, earning $48,238 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brokaww921/
Brockaw921/
Brokawp920/
Brookaw920/
Brocaw8322/
Brokow8316/
Brakaw830/
Brokav830/
Brotkow7722/
Broskow7721/
Brockow7720/
Brokova7715/
Brokowa7711/
Brukhaw771/
Brodkow771/
Braukaw770/
Brockauf7137/
Brockova7118/
Brokhova7114/
Broukova712/
Brokkova711/
Brogkova711/
Brockhow710/
Brokob6799/
Brokof6772/
Brekow6737/
Bräkow6734/
Brokov6731/
Brouckova675/
Brakow674/
Breqaw671/
Brookhows670/

Brokaw Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Brokaw in the Arabic language
بروكوbrwkw-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Brokaw
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