Broska

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/bɹɒskə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Broska is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country. Recorded meaning: imperatoria ostruthium.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.8M(measured from records)
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 64K
  • CDCongo - Kinshasa≈1 in 158K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Congo - Kinshasa (inferred from the name graph)

≈650 people, est.

Sources
118 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 64K (inferred from the name graph)

Estonia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

imperatoria ostruthium

Sources 1

  • Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Broska counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Broska is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CD Congo - Kinshasa≈650 est.≈1 in 158K—Broska1
DE Germany≈370 est.≈1 in 218K—Broska44
US United States1841 in 1.8M184Broska118
BR Brazil901 in 2.4M90——
IT Italy≈78 est.≈1 in 796K—Broska3
EE Estonia≈19 est.≈1 in 64K—Broska1
SG Singapore≈16 est.≈1 in 396K—Broska1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Broska is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Ukrainian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

    Also written Броска, Брошка, Brosca

  • Slovak surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovakia, Czechia

    Languages: Slovak, Czech

    Also written Bróska

  • Polish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Bróska

24 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Broska is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Serbo-Croatian, imperatoria ostruthium

    as a wordSkok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74)

  • In Serbo-Croatian, hrana za sitnu stoku

    as a wordSkok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74)

  • In Basque, ( BN-mix, S ) Ref.: A ; Primorena 10 . "(S), borona asada en un aparato especial llamado en vascuence garganda " A.

    as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

  • Igor Broskab. 1955researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-8464-8976

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Broska,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Broska
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010184#98,553
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000184#92,601
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020173#108,965
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—90#68,483
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Broska mean, and where does it come from?
imperatoria ostruthium Recorded by Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74).
How do you pronounce Broska?
A machine transcription gives /bɹɒskə/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Broska have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 645 people named Broska in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled broska.
How common is the name Broska?
In the United States, the national register counted 184 people named Broska in 2010, about 1 in 1.8 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Broska”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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