Brodie is used as a family name or surname in Gaelic. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Brodie
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Gaelic
Meaning: From the lands of Brodie, Co. Moray, Scotland. The name signifies a little ridge, a brow or a precipice. Brody is a town of Gallicia

How popular is Brodie?

Brodie is common in South Africa.

Brodie is ranked 21060 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Brodie bearers increased by 3.456402 per cent in 2010 US census to 6585 since 2000, the surname slipped by 231 spots and ranked at 5288. The last name was found in around 22 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 65.76 68.81
Black 27.08 26.17
Hispanic or Latino 2.99 1.89
Others 2.28 1.54
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.99 1.07
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.91 0.52
Brodie is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Anguilla is ahead in terms of density. Around 24562 people have been found who wears Brodie as their family name. Brodie is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
138 Anguilla9
13,220 Thailand6
7,031 China6
8,411 Costa Rica4
1,014,159 India4
11,480 Japan4
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
4,384 Northern Ireland3
1,118 Isle of Man2
21,529 Singapore2
1,151 Brunei2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
405 British Virgin Islands2
3,791 Namibia2
1,777 Jersey2
14,521 Portugal2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
147,165 Czech Republic2
124,220 Italy2
34,681 Norway2
810,193 Indonesia1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
53,033 Nigeria1
10,958 Bangladesh1
165,773 Belarus1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
4,249 Cambodia1
2,309 Monaco1
2,724 New Caledonia1
2,057 Myanmar1
17,768 Pakistan1
9,591 Panama1
58,885 Poland1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
24,176 Qatar1
25,746 Finland1
25,721 Egypt1
492,292 Ukraine1
19,810 Croatia1
34,581 Chile1
17,575 Kuwait1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
257 Antigua and Barbuda49
33,012 Belgium45
28,564 Switzerland36
32,811 Sweden29
20,233 Denmark25
331,856 Russia21
3,405 Nicaragua16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,356 United Arab Emirates84
4,622 Wales79
66,582 Argentina60
3,881 Hong Kong59
37,331 Netherlands58
38,900 Spain56
Countries with hundreds of Brodie:
847 New Zealand817
4,129 Israel271
7,689 Malaysia253
50,182 Germany202
53,810 France184
1,957 Jamaica125
1,036 Fiji122
3,646 Ireland104
Countries with thousands of Brodie:
4,941 United States8,033
1,640 England4,834
1,071 Australia2,934
2,218 Canada2,274
422 Scotland2,061
3,983 South Africa1,644
Show Full Last Name Distribution

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mechanic William Brodie from Great Britain aboard the Governor Hinckley from Glasgow during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 22 years old when he arrived in New-York on October 26, 1848. Mary Brodie, aged 20, Sarah Brodie (17), Workman Michael Brodie, Workman Patrick Brodie, John Brodie (29) Farmer, Bridget Brodie (32) Spinster, 17 years old Biddy Brodie, Workman Connor Brodie, and 12 other Brodie around 60% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster migrated to US from Glasgow, Limerick and Galway.

Brodie Namesakes

  • Allan G. Brodie, Dentist
  • Ariane Brodier, Television Personality
  • Autumn Brodie, Stephen Brodie's daughter
  • Peter Bellinger Brodie, Geologist
  • Steve Brodie, Film actor
  • Steve Brodie, Film actor
  • Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Actor
  • Fawn M. Brodie, Biographer
  • John Brodie, Football quarterback
  • Richard Brodie, Soccer player
  • Ryan Brodie portrayed vital character of Benjamin in 2010 drama, romance film Brownian Movement.

Related Family Names: