Bro Family History
Bro Name Meaning
Scandinavian: habitational name from any of various places
named with Swedish or Danish bro, Norwegian bro or
bru ‘bridge’.Possibly an altered spelling of
Irish Broe (see Brew).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Bro Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bro families
 5 - 8  2 - 4 |
 1  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bro families
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4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Bro last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Bro census records
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Bro Family Origin
Bro Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Bro
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Bro Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Bro census records
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Bro Civil War Service Records
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| Thread | Author | Replies | |
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| Some Bro immigrant records |  | AliciaKMarshall | 0 |
| BRO surname in North Carolina 1780-1850 | | PattyColeman | 1 |
| BRO | | routledgeandree | 1 |
| Harmon BRO of Syracuse, NY | | noraleenora | 0 |
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