Bro

See also: bro, bro., -bro, and bró

English

Etymology

• As a North Germanic/Scandinavian topographic surname from either Danish, Norwegian or Swedish bro (“bridge”).
• As a French surname, variant of Brault and Breaux.
• As an Irish surname, possibly a variant of Broe, Brew.

Proper noun

Bro (plural Bros)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bro is the 37899^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 586 individuals. Bro is most common among White (85.32%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bro”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 230.