Bro
English
editEtymology
edit- 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
editBro (plural Bros)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bro is the 37899th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 586 individuals. Bro is most common among White (85.32%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bro”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 230.
Categories:
- English terms derived from North Germanic languages
- English terms derived from Danish
- English terms derived from Norwegian
- English terms derived from Swedish
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Irish
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Danish
- English surnames from Norwegian
- English surnames from Swedish