Broch is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Broch
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

Broch is a form of the Broke. An archaism of Brook. The baronet springs from William de Doyto del Broke, circ. temp. King John.

Form of the Brock. Anglo-Saxon broc.— A badger. Also a medieval form of Brook. From one or other of these sources come the local surnames Brockbank, Brocksopp, Brockwell, Brockhurst, Brocklehurst, Brockway, etc.

Family name Broch is the form of Bruck. Dweller at, or near, a bridge.

Broch is the variation of Brocks. Dweller on the newly cleared and enclosed land; dweller near the stream or marsh land; dweller at the sign of the badger; one who lived near the Brock River, in Lancashire.

Broch is the form of Brock. Dweller on the newly cleared and enclosed land; dweller near the stream or marsh land; dweller at the sign of the badger; one who lived near the Brock River, in Lancashire.

Family name Broch is the form of Broek. Of the marsh, pool, or fen. Brock also signifies small-clothes; and the family of Abbenbroek (i.e., Abbe's marsh) carry a pair in their Arms.

Broch is variant form of Brockie. Brocach, mottled, speckled, freckled; Su.-Goth., brokug, Scotch bruickie. This family are of Moray descent. Folks of Shields. It seems that the earliest known mention of the name is in the Chartulary of Moray, in 1364. Two brothers of the name came from Holland and settled south of the Forth, about the beginning of the XVIII century. They are supposed to have been descendants of refugees in Holland from Scotland.

How popular is Broch?

Broch is common in Brazil, Spain, Germany, France, Denmark, Switzerland, United States, Norway, Italy.

Broch is ranked 85248 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Brochs plummeted by 16.89 per cent to 187 since 2000 and slipped by 18372 spots and ranked at 97210. The last name was found in merely 6 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.75 84
Black 9.63 6.22
Hispanic or Latino 6.95 8
Broch is quite popular family name mostly used in Brazil while Denmark is ahead in terms of density. Around 5660 people have been found who wears Broch as their family name. Broch is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Broch:
7,389 Brazil1,118
Countries with hundreds of Broch:
5,542 Spain765
13,512 Germany735
13,122 France730
932 Denmark567
3,203 Switzerland413
69,659 United States390
2,457 Norway266
34,481 Italy235
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
24,763 Netherlands99
43,526 Poland93
43,050 England70
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
117,589 Ukraine36
11,684 Uruguay27
40,003 Pakistan25
66,831 Sweden11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
80,937 Czechia10
124,818 Australia8
52,732 Kyrgyzstan7
35,997 Chile6

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Farmer Ferdinand Broch from Germany aboard the Catharine from Antwerp. He is registered to be 36 years old when he arrived in USA on December 16, 1857. 28 years old Lisette Broch, Oswald Broch (21) Farmer, Julie Broch (19) Farmer, Smith Julius Broch, Carl Broch, aged 28, Emilie Broch, aged 22, Tailor L. Broch, 27 years old Carl Broch, and 31 other Broch around 32% of whom were farmer while others worked as tailor and laborer, merchant, servant migrated to US from Antwerp, Havre, Bremen, Hamburg and Bremen & Southampton.

Broch Namesakes

  • Ole Jacob Broch, Norwegian mathematician, physicist
  • Theodor Broch, Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Labour Party
  • Hermann Broch, 20th-century Austrian writer

Broch Namesakes

  • Ole Jacob Broch, Norwegian mathematician, physicist
  • Theodor Broch, Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Labour Party
  • Hermann Broch, 20th-century Austrian writer

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